FUMING Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor was so angry at a bad refereeing decision she got out her phone during the post-match interview to prove how clear the incident was.
Bompaster held up her phone to the BBC cameras as evidence of what she thought should have been a red card for opponents Arsenal.
Sonia Bompastor pulled up evidence for the red card in her post-match chat with the BBC
Katie McCabe escaped without a red card after pulling Alyssa Thompson’s hairCredit: BBC
Chelsea boss Bompastor was fuming that VAR did not call the decisionCredit: Getty
The decision wasn’t given and Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League quarter-finals by their London rivals.
Arsenal looked set to have sent off when the full-back pulled the hair of during a Chelsea attack in added time.
Despite VAR being in play, the Gunners escaped punishment – leaving Blues boss seething.
So angry was the Chelsea boss that she herself was sent off by the referee.
In her post-match chat on the BBC, Bompastor pulled up game footage of the Ireland captain grabbing Thompson’s hair.
Bompastor said: “I brought the phone with me, I don’t know if you can see that.
“But if you look at this video, for me it’s clearly the red card for the Arsenal player. She’s pulling Alyssa’s hair.
“I just think it’s not good enough.
“At the end I’m the one who gets a red card where I think the Arsenal player should be the one who gets a red card.
“What is the VAR doing in these games? If we have the VAR, why are we not checking these situations?
“I don’t understand, and it’s not good enough.”
The French manager initially saw yellow for her touchline protests, but was soon sent down the tunnel.
Bompastor added: “At the end, I’m the one who gets a red card, where I think the Arsenal player should be the one who gets a red card.”
Chelsea were trailing 3-1 after the first leg.
If it wasn’t for McCabe’s hair pull, the Blues would have had one last opportunity to find an equaliser.
But the hosts didn’t get that chance and ultimately lost 2-3 on aggregate and were eliminated from the Champions League.
McCabe wrote on socials: “I just want to clarify that I was genuinely reaching for the shirt, I wouldn’t ever want to pull someone’s hair.
“Full respect to Thompson.”
In the first leg of the quarter-final, Stina Blackstenius, , and put three past the Blues at the Emirates.
recovered one for Chelsea as the tie ended 3-1.
Holders Arsenal will now progress to play either Lyon or Wolfsburg in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final on April 25.
They face each other tonight in France, but Wolfsburg lead after a 1-0 win in the first leg.
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