🚨 IAN WRIGHT ABSOLUTELY BLASTS REF DANIEL SIEBERT & VAR: 'STONEWALL PENALTY! THIS IS A DISGRACE!'
How on earth is that NOT a penalty in the Champions League FINAL?! Nuno Mendes bundles Noni Madueke in the box, no ball contact, clear contact from behind — and Daniel Siebert waves it away like it's nothing?! VAR hiding again! This is robbery at the highest level.
Arsenal dominating, creating the chance, and we get NOTHING. My blood is boiling! The ref bottled it, simple as. How many times do we have to see decisions like this go against us in big moments?
🚨🎙️Wayne Rooney: “Arsenal have been robbed tonight” 🤯
Rooney 🗣️ “I’ll be completely honest, Arsenal were absolutely robbed tonight, there is no other way to put it. You look at that foul on Noni Madueke in the box; it’s a stonewall, 100% clear penalty. How the referee or VAR hasn't given that is beyond me, and it completely changes the dynamic of a Champions League final.
But for me, the moment that truly gave it away the moment you knew exactly what the referee was doing was that halftime whistle. To blow the whistle right as Arsenal are literally standing there about to take a corner? I’ve played this game a long time, and you rarely see that unless there’s a blatant bias. It was shocking, and it set the tone for everything that followed.
In the second half, it became a totally different game, and not because of the football. The referee made absolutely sure that every single 50/50 call, every little nudge, and every major decision went straight to PSG. It completely killed Arsenal’s momentum. But to be fair, I’m not even surprised. We saw the exact same story when they played Bayern Munich earlier in the tournament. The officiating was heavily skewed then, and it’s happened again on the biggest stage.
PSG might be lifting the trophy, but they cannot honestly look at themselves in the mirror and be proud of the way they’ve won this final. To win the biggest prize in club football like that? It leaves a horrible taste. Arsenal deserved so much more tonight.”
@markklfc So wonderful to see someone speaking out about the inconsistency
But nothing will happen and nothing will change while refs are not bought to account
So sorry for the game really
If you have to cheat that much to win it’s not worth having the Champions League
The ref should be investigating and should only be allowed under 9’s may be 👋
Was a penalty every day of the week