Quinn on Chelsea controversies

Chelsea’s thrilling Super Sunday draw at Swansea was littered with controversial moments – and Sky Sports pundit Niall Quinn delivered his verdict at full-time.

Diego Costa’s first-half opener was canceled out by Gylfi Sigurdsson’s penalty after the midfielder was tripped by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

Leroy Fer then put Swansea in the lead – with Chelsea’s players complaining of a foul on Gary Cahill in the build-up – before Costa equalised with an overhead kick that might have been deemed dangerous play.

Quinn also had his say on the decision of Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin to substitute defender Neil Taylor on 41 minutes instead of waiting for half-time. 

Watch the highlights above and read on for the expert verdict…

‘The referee was right to award Swansea a penalty… and right not to send off Thibaut Courtois’

Incident: Sigurdsson chased a long ball over the top and Courtois ran to the edge of his box to clear. The goalkeeper misjudged the flight of the ball and was forced into a lunge on Sigurdsson. He did not get any of the ball and brought down the Swansea forward.

QUINN’S VERDICT: “The ‘keeper is in a good position, but he mis-reads the curve on the ball. It looks when he is running that he is going to get it, but it curves away from him and Courtois is in trouble as it bounces away from him. He is 18 inches away from making a good, clean tackle, …

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