In a key match in the 19th round of the English Premier League that ended in the early morning of December 28, Beijing time, Crystal Palace lost 1-2 away to Chelsea. After the game, Crystal Palace's 76-year-old coach Hodgson was dissatisfied with the referee's penalty decision, and after the theory failed, he turned around and spat hatefully on the ground.
The visiting Crystal Palace played brilliantly, conceding a goal shortly after the opening kick-off, but they equalised just before half-time through Olisse. After that, Crystal Palace also kept the score 1-1 until the 86th minute.
It was on the verge of a point away from home, but Crystal Palace No.10 Eze tripped Madueke when he stretched his leg in the penalty area and was sentenced to death by the referee. In the end, Chelsea relied on Madueke's creation and self-directed penalty to secure all three points at home.
Perhaps he did not approve of the penalty decision, and after the game, Hodgson, who had always been elegant and amiable, angrily approached the referee team to reason. He kept waving his hand, and his mouth was full of words to vent his dissatisfaction. After the referee team on duty did not give him the explanation he wanted, the 76-year-old veteran turned away angrily, and then he spat on the ground fiercely to express his disdain and dissatisfaction with the referee team.
Hodgson's dissatisfaction is understandable, after all, after this loss, Crystal Palace's last 8 rounds of Premier League 1 win is hard to find, although it has drawn 2-2 with the powerful Manchester City, but the record of 3 draws and 5 losses has allowed them to slip to 15th place in the standings, only 3 points away from Luton in the relegation zone, and the relegation situation is not optimistic.