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Chelsea fans fume as Brentford’s Rico Henry dodges red card for ‘headbutt’ on Wesley Fofana

2023-04-27 4 Dailymotion

CHELSEA fans were left fuming as Brentford's Rico Henry avoided a red card after appearing to "headbutt" Wesley Fofana.<br /><br />The Blues were trailing 1-0 at the time of the flashpoint as the Bees successfully frustrated their west London rivals.<br /><br />Brentford threatened to spring for a second as Henry charged forward. <br /><br />Raheem Sterling and Fofana managed to halt the wing-back before things became spicy. <br /><br />Fofana was not happy at the way the Brentford man tried to win the ball back and the two squared up to each other.<br /><br />Tensions looked close to spilling over before the feuding duo were separated.<br /><br />Referee Andy Madley booked both but Henry was arguably lucky to escape with just a yellow after appearing to nudge his head in Fofana's direction. <br /><br />Blues supporters were left mystified that Henry got off so easily.<br /><br />One said on Twitter: "So Rico Henry can headbutt Wesley Fofana and it’s a yellow for both?"<br /><br />Another said: "Henry kind of headbutts Fofana, who doesnt go down, VAR doesnt even look at it. If he went down, it may have been red card for Henry."<br /><br />While another fumed: "That was a clear as day headbutt on Fofana!! Where is the red card for Henry???"<br /><br />The clash came only minutes before Bryan Mbuemo scored Brentford's second goal to put the game beyond the Blues.<br /><br />His strike came after Cesar Azpilicueta's own goal in the first-half.<br /><br />Boos rained down from Stamford Bridge at half-time and at the final whistle after a fifth straight defeat for the London club.<br /><br />Lampard has lost all of his matches as caretaker manager after he took over from Graham Potter.<br /><br />Talks with Mauricio Pochettino to be Chelsea's next manager appeared to take a major step forward today.

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