Ref tells Saka to hurry up and take the corner with stoppage time up. Saka does his usual slow-walk to run down the clock. The ref calmly waits, and the absolute second Saka gets into position? He blows for half-time.
Absolute cinema. Masterclass game management for a final.
Arsenal got so used to getting away with murder from Premier League refs that when someone actually enforces the rules, they think they’re being robbed.
Credit where it’s due tho, they played some demonic football to get here. But if PL refs weren't so intimidated by Arteta’s touchline tantrums and fooled by their theatrics, Arsenal wouldn’t be parading a PGMOL trophy today.
Justice served in Europe! 🫶🏼
💬 "They scored a lucky action... after that it was pressure for them!"
Luis Enrique reacts to beating Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League final 🏆
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🚨🗣️ Vitinha: "You have to be very patient against teams like this, especially as Arsenal were leading at one point."
"It's difficult; Arsenal waste a LOT OF TIME at every opportunity: goal kicks, free kicks..."
"Apart from that, they play with LOW BLOCK... It's difficult. You have to be very patient."
i cant believe that the pundits aren’t slating arteta, 22% possession and 1 shot on target is diabolical 😂 u cant blame the players for missing the penalties when the manager never even went for the game 😭😭
'Not a handball for me' and 'You don't want to see pens given for that' arguments infuriate me an unbelievable amount. Just completely ignores the fact that they are given consistently in the Champions League for much less and Arsenal got away with it
This is hilarious because it'll say something like "Chelsea did not suffer any VAR mistakes" while Bentancur trying to break Reece James' leg was "checked and cleared by VAR" and Caicedo got sent off vs Arsenal for an identical challenge that Diarra got a yellow for on Colwill
🚨 Roman Abramovich criticises the UK government, saying political decisions and heavy rules damaged Chelsea and harmed football as a whole, Man love club so much..
João Pedro wants to leave for Barcelona, let him go.
Enzo Fernández wants to leave for Real Madrid, let him go.
Marc Cucurella wants to leave for Barcelona, let him go.
Cole Palmer wants to leave for Man City, let him go.
We don't need people who don't want to play for the badge anymore
🚨💪 Sources say Levi Colwill attacked rehabilitation with an obsession that surprised even people inside Chelsea. During the darkest periods of recovery, he was spending close to 13 hours a day at Cobham.
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Chelsea should be requesting a meeting with PGMOL. Been a scapegoat for the league since the Josh King debacle. Any time referees could give a cheap or 50-50 decision against Chelsea, they have.
Colwill wanted the yellow so badly because he hadn’t been booked kept telling the ref “it was me”. Caicedo was pointing at Colwill while the ref confirmed it was actually Wesley Fofana , Fofana started smiling again while Cole Palmer looked disgusted.
1pt would have got us Europa League.
• Fofana sent off whilst winning against Burnley (we go onto draw)
• Fofana sent off whilst we’ve just got back into the game against Sunderland (we go onto lose)
Both after getting a second yellow card. Pure sabotage. SELL.