Bournemouth boss O'Neil accepts Chelsea penalty call

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7 May 2023 • 8:40 AM MYT
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Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil shrugged off a missed penalty call in their 3-1 defeat to Chelsea.

At 1-1, Dominic Solanke had a good shout for a foul from Thiago Silva.

O'Neil told the Daily Echo: I thought it was a tight one.

I thought Thiago Silva doesn't get the ball, so Dom manages to take a touch before he gets there.

But Dom does take his touch backwards. So it looks maybe different to some that we're used to seeing, where the forward takes his touch forwards.

Then there is a bit of contact between Silva and Dom. So technically maybe a foul.

Outside the penalty area, maybe a foul, but the fact that it wasn't given on field meant it was obviously never going to be overturned.

So, yeah, we'd have probably needed that one to being given and then it maybe would have been upheld.

But, yeah, no real complaints. I thought it was one that it could it or not (be a penalty)."

The Cherries haven't received a penalty this season.