Chelsea's Nigerian fans react to West Ham's late disallowed goal

Nigeria football fans have reacted to Chelsea's controversial win over West Ham United.

The Blues defeated the Hammers  2-1 in a Premier League game at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon. The tension soaked encounter had controversies trailing it after fulltime.

Chelsea who were coming from a 2-1 defeat to Southampton needed to react, but fell behind in the 62nd minute. Declan Rice squared the bal into the box, enabling Antonio to tap in from close range.

The comeback began in the 76th minute when Ben Chilwell found the net. Chelsea then went ahead for the first time in the game through Kai Havertz.

Chilwell got his second goal involvement of the day as he assisted Kai Havertz to score Chelsea's second.

West Ham thought they had salvaged a point when Maxwel Cornet scored late in the game. The Video Assistant Referee intervened, saying that Jarrod Bowen had fouled a player in the build up.

The decision to chalk off the goal has got Nigerian football lovers talking.

A large percentage of the football fans have expressed their displeasure over the result, saying the Hammers deserved to be awarded their second goal.

While many are furious with the decision of the Video Assistant Referee, a few Chelsea fans in the West African country believe that there was nothing wrong with the decision of the match official.

Here's what they are saying on Twitter :

Toyosi Afolayan

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