#3 James McClean fortunate to stay on the pitch?
One of the duels of the game saw winger James McClean come up against the pace and power of Victor Moses. As Chelsea attempted to find a way through the Baggies backline, Moses looked the most likely to achieve that objective, sliding the ball past McClean and being blocked off unfairly by him multiple times.
After a couple of warnings, referee Michael Oliver dished out a yellow card to the Irishman. However, McClean repeated the same offence at least a couple of times post the booking, finding Moses’ pace too much to deal with, being more of an attack-minded player.
The referee decided not to give McClean the second yellow card on either occasion despite his continuously angry reactions to conceding fouls. On any other day, with a different referee, McClean may well have received his marching orders and can count himself fortunate to stay on the pitch for the entire 90 minutes.
