Chelsea's match at home to Leicester City was subject to a last-minute change of referee this afternoon (Sunday) for the Premier League clash.
Oliver Langford has been handed the responsibility of taking charge of the match at Stamford Bridge following a bizarre sequence of events for fellow referee Graham Scott.
Scott was on VAR duty last night at Etihad Stadium as Manchester City drew 2-2 with Tottenham in a controversial game.
He was the one who alerted Michael Oliver to what was deemed to be a handball from Aymeric Laporte which denied Gabriel Jesus' late strike.
Fast-forward a day and Scott, who was due to referee the game at Stamford Bridge, has instead been replaced by Langford.
The change occurred after Scott got stuck in traffic after a crash on the M40, which led to the referee getting to Stamford Bridge late and arriving just ten minutes before kick-off.
UEFA rules state that match officials must be in the city in which they are officiating 24 hours before kick-off but the Premier League don't use those rules. Such a situation would have been avoided if the Premier League followed UEFA's rules.
Instead, Premier League rules state that referees must complete a full warm-up prior to kick off.
But it has been good news for Langford, who was thrust into his first Premier League game.
