Josh King wins Fulham's goal of the month award for 'cruelly' disallowed Chelsea strike | OneFootball

Stylish effort received 83.1 per cent of fan vote despite being controversially ruled out at Stamford Bridge

Josh King has won Fulham’s goal of the month award for August for a strike that was controversially disallowed.

It was a decision that was widely criticised and left Fulham boss Marco Silva outraged.

However, despite it not counting, Fulham fans have now voted King’s effort as their goal of the month for August.

It received a whopping 83.1 per cent of the vote, easily beating Ollie Gofford’s effort for the club’s Under-21 side against Valencia and Muniz’s last-gasp equaliser against Brighton on the opening day.

“Josh King’s magnificent strike away to Chelsea has been voted as Fulham’s Goal of the Month for August,” Fulham revealed.

“Though it was cruelly taken away from the 18-year-old, there is no denying the skill of the effort, as he confidently burst forward onto Sander Berge’s defence-splitting pass and cut inside Tosin [Adarabioyo], before sitting the former Fulham man down as he drilled a shot through his legs and inside the near post.

“That he garnered 83.1 per cent of the votes demonstrates how special a moment that was, or would have been.”

PGMOL chief refereeing officer Howard Webb said last week that the decision to disallow King's goal against Chelsea was a "misjudgement", with the VAR official on the day, Michael Salisbury, subsequently stood down from his position as VAR for Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Arsenal.

Salisbury will not be refereeing as the Premier League returns this weekend, although he will be the fourth official for West Ham vs Tottenham on Saturday evening.

There have already been a number of contentious VAR decisions in the early weeks of the new Premier League season, but Webb says there are signs of improvement, with VAR interventions becoming less frequent over the last 18 months.

"We've done really well in the last 18 months or so to reduce our involvement, with respect to the referee's call," he told Match Officials Mic'd Up.

"We've seen less interventions in the Premier League than any other major league in Europe, so we need to continue doing that.

"We understand the importance of these decisions. We understand that if we get it wrong like we did on this occasion, the impact is significant - and we're always, always striving to do better."