Poll cost us victory - Cech

Referee Graham Poll came under renewed fire today as goalkeeper Petr Cech blamed him for costing Chelsea victory at Highbury by allegedly reneging on a promise to blow his whistle before Thierry Henry’s free-kick.

Poll has maintained he did not need to sound his whistle before Henry’s quickly-taken free-kick which flew past the stranded Cech as he was still lining up his wall.