Chelsea's Robben furious with refs
tribalfootball.com - February 27, 2006
Chelsea winger Arjen Robben fears his reputation is preceding him
after being denied a penalty in Saturday's 2-0 win against
Portsmouth.
"I was quite furious not to get a penalty, everybody could see it
was a penalty," he said. "I just wanted to put it in but got a
push, went to the ground and thought it was a clear penalty. I hope
everybody gets treated the same, but I know that it doesn't always
happen in football.
"Some referees have to think about treating every player the same,
even if it's Ronaldinho or another player from a Premier League
club. Every player is the same, it doesn't matter how good you are.
You have to be treated the same and that doesn't happen every time.
I've doubted some decisions that have gone against me but it's not
just me, it's all of the players."
The Dutch winger added: "I don't want to speak about diving a
lot.
"I don't read or hear everything but people can think what they
want to think. I let them think what they want. I know how it is, I
just play football, play my game and if some people want to say
some stupid things they can.
"Criticism is normal because I play for a big club like Chelsea.
Everyone wants us to lose and sometimes people are not fair in the
way they look at Chelsea compared to the way they look at other
clubs. But I like it as well because it means we're going very well
and I'm happy about that."
