Chelsea captain John Terry believes they missed out on at least
SEVEN good penalty claims over the two-legs of their Champions
League defeat to Barcelona.
Terry said: “Over two legs they played well but the fact is
that, in this game, we had six or seven penalty claims waved away
and that is astonishing.
“Anywhere else, anywhere else in the world that would not
happen.
“You can see he might not have given the first one, but come the
second where Nicolas Anelka puts it round Pique and he slams it
down with his hand?
“It’s decisions like that which are wrong — Darren Fletcher
misses the final after being sent off for Manchester United on
Tuesday, a bad decision. He can’t play in the final and neither can
we, because of a bad decision in this match.”
The England skipper continued: “Why did we get a referee who has
officiated in 10 games in the Champions League in his career?
“To be given the Champions League semi-final, that’s not good
enough.
“Refs keep getting the big games. When it gets to this stage,
it’s down to UEFA to be strong enough and give the big games to
their best referees.
“You need experienced refs to look after experienced players in
these ties and we didn’t get the referee we needed to do that.
“You see the United game and what happened to Fletcher. It was a
bad decision and we suffered the same again tonight.”
