Sunderland were awarded a decisive penalty in Sunday's Premier League clash against Chelsea

Chelsea have been told that the decision to award Sunderland a decisive penalty was correct, but they should have been awarded one of their own. The Blues fell to a 1-0 loss at the Stadium of Light on Sunday afternoon.

Enzo Le Fee beat Mike Penders from the spot in the 36th minute to score the only goal of the game. Referee Jarred Gillet pointed to the spot after a battle between Levi Colwill and Brian Brobbey in the Chelsea box.

VAR agreed with the on-field decision. Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher agreed with the call to award the penalty.

Speaking on Sky Sports’ Ref Watch, he said: "They are both grabbing. It starts outside the area, the referee does not take sides, but once Brobbey gets in front of him and Colwill does not let go, that is when he falls foul of the penalty.

"Once he is in front, he is in the ascendancy and Colwill drags him to the ground, so I think penalty."

Former Premier League striker Jay Bothroyd was in agreement, saying: "He is so strong and he clearly trips him and you have to give a penalty."

A third pundit, former manager Tim Sherwood, also believes that the decision was correct. "They are both at it at first, then Brobbey grabs Colwill and puts him on his back like a rucksack and decides to wait for some contact on his legs," he said. "He obliges, he goes down and it is a penalty."

There was another penalty shout that was waved away by the referee, this time for Chelsea. Cole Palmer was fouled on the edge of the area, but VAR concluded that the incident took place outside of the box.

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"The referee gives a foul. That is what he gives," Gallagher said. "[Luke] O'Nien completes the action when he is in the box.

"Once he gives the first foul, that is it. What happens afterwards, he can only take action if he deems there is serious foul play.

"That is what he fed back. What he has to do is, when he is talking to VAR, he has to say who he thinks is the player [committing the foul].

"It is O'Nien's boot in the penalty area. The argument is that if he is on the line, it is a penalty. But it is O'Nien's boot; you can't see the ball.

"O'Nien goes second. VAR said Ahoka went first and he is the first offender.

"They didn't stop the game. The game went on."

Both Bothroyd and Sherwood believe that a penalty should have been awarded to Chelsea. "I don't even understand how the referee is saying it isn't a free-kick," the former said.

"The ball has not been touched. Palmer has been taken out.

"I think it is a penalty. The referee isn't far away. I don't understand how, at the bare minimum, he hasn't given a free-kick."

Sherwood added: "He has not blown for the first one. No foul was given! It is still a foul from O'Nien when he is inside the penalty area."