Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor mentioned her gamers “don’t deserve that degree of refereeing” after Arsenal’s Katie McCabe averted a pink card for pulling Alyssa Thompson’s hair throughout their Champions League quarter-final exit.
The Blues had been chasing a late leveller after scoring a stoppage-time objective to make it 3-2 on mixture when McCabe reached out and tugged Thompson’s hair.
The American winger was breaking ahead, however McCabe escaped a yellow card and the video assistant referee (VAR) didn’t advise referee Frida Mia Klarlund to overview the incident.
Bompastor was proven a yellow card for angrily protesting in opposition to the choice after which despatched off for her continued outburst – though she refused to go away the touchline as Arsenal held on to reach the semi-finals.
The Frenchwoman arrived ready together with her cell phone so she might present a replay of the incident as she gave a livid interview to BBC Two.
“For me, it’s clearly a pink card for the Arsenal participant. She’s pulling Alyssa Thompson’s hair,” Bompastor mentioned.
“If the VAR is just not capable of verify that state of affairs, I do not know why we’ve got the VAR.
“I am the one getting a pink card after I suppose the Arsenal participant ought to be the one getting a pink card.”
Shortly after full-time, McCabe posted on Instagram: “I simply wish to make clear that I used to be genuinely reaching for the shirt. I would not ever wish to pull somebody’s hair. Full respect to Thompson.”
