Chelsea could have had two penalties, admits Clarets boss Sean Dyche

Blues boss Jose Mourinho said his side should have had spot-kicks for Michael Kightly’s handball and for Jason Shackell’s push on Chelsea striker Diego Costa.

Dyche said ‘you would expect that to be given’ on the appeal against Kightly, but said the incident between Shackell and Costa was tough to call.

“It’s an interesting one, a lot of these things are shown retrospectively and we understand why with the technology we’ve got,” the Burnley boss said of Kightly’s handball.

“Yet, bizarrely, the thing that wasn’t picked up was that it cannons off his thigh first on to his arm.

“For the referee to see that with his own eyes would be incredible.

“When it’s slowed down in HD, as we all do now, it’s clear it comes off his thigh and onto his arm.

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“That being said usually you would expect that to be given, just because of the spread in the box, he’s not looking at the ball, it’s coming at a fast pace, but usually you would expect that to be given.”

Mourinho and Costa were both incensed Chelsea weren’t awarded a penalty just before the break, when Shackell appeared to put two hands on Costa inside the area.

“Tough one,” Dyche said of that appeal.

“Personally I think that’s one you’re damned if you do damned if you don’t for the referee.

“I think he’s cutting in, he’s a big fella, I mentioned before the game how well he was doing this season, he cuts in, Jason Shackell definitely gets a mild hand on him, is it enough for him to go down? It’s a real debate point.

“The first one usually gets given, this one is a real tough one for referees.

“Not remotely, I must make it clear, am I saying he goes down easily or is trying to simulate, I just mean there is mild contact which he inevitably ends up on the floor. I think that’s a real tough one.

“Looking at it back I still think it’s a tough one, especially with the view of the referee, it’s a tough one for him to give either way.”