๐จ Mesut รzil Slams Referee After Arsenal's Controversial Champions League Final Defeat
๐ฃ๏ธ: "I have watched football for many years, and I understand that referees can make mistakes. Nobody expects perfection. But tonight, it genuinely felt like Arsenal were fighting against more than just PSG.
The incident involving Madueke was a clear penalty for me. In any other game, anywhere else on the pitch, that contact is given as a foul immediately. I struggle to understand how the referee saw it and decided there was nothing there. Even more surprising was the lack of intervention. Moments like that can completely change a final.
What frustrated me most was the consistency. Every important decision seemed to go against Arsenal. Small fouls were given one way but not the other. Challenges that deserved bookings were ignored. Every 50-50 call appeared to favour PSG. As a player, that is incredibly difficult because you begin to feel that no matter what you do, the decisions are not going your way.
A Champions League final should be decided by the players, the coaches and the football itself, not by controversial refereeing decisions. Arsenal may not have played their best game, but they still deserved a fair opportunity to compete. When such a clear penalty is not awarded, people are always going to ask questions.
I feel sorry for the players because they worked all season to reach this stage. You can accept losing when the better team wins fairly, but it is much harder to accept when major decisions leave a cloud over the result. For me, Arsenal deserved that penalty on Madueke, and they deserved much better from the officials tonight."
๐ฌ "It can easily be a penalty... the referee has made a decision and a different one with Mosquera - and yeah it's an important one."
Mikel Arteta reacts to losing in the UEFA Champions League final and that Noni Madueke penalty shout...
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Referee Daniel Siebert's performance in the Champions League Final has to be under investigation
This was blatant Corruption in front of the world from start to finish
Worst Refereeing Display in History
Not an Arsenal fan at all but they were robbed. From the moment the second half kicked off the referee was shocking towards them. It setup PSGโs momentum & made it tougher than the game already was. Something was said to him at HT 100%. Even talking to Gabriel before that penalty
People like to convince themselves that Artetaโs Arsenal is riding on some luck when we can see visible progression year on year
Hating on Artetaโs team says a lot about you as a person cos this team is a motivation to anyone who works hard daily.
Gabriel Magalhรฃes. One kick does not define you. Unbelievable across 120 minutes tonight, and stellar all season long. We stick together - in the good times and the bad.