Chelsea’s Twitter admin made their feelings clear when the official club account tweeted: “Soucek makes a great save from Conor Gallagher.”

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/why-var-no-chelsea-penalty-west-ham-soucek-b1059622.html

That’s a slight surprise, especially as you’d imagine Soucek has been brought on partly for his threat at set-pieces.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2023/oct/29/west-ham-v-everton-premier-league-live

The ball was heading towards the bottom corner when midfielder Tomas Soucek threw himself down and blocked the ball with his hand.

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/why-var-no-chelsea-penalty-west-ham-soucek-b1059622.html

West Ham took an early lead when Emerson ran in behind the defence to receive a long ball and Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope strayed out of position, allowing the left back to find Tomas Soucek for a simple tap-in into an empty net.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/10/08/dunk-delivers-as-brighton-fight-back-to-draw-with-liverpool/