2024-04-10 00:54:24
The coach of the German record champions attacked the referee after the game at Arsenal. Reason: A strange scene in the second half – which could have had consequences.
2-2 in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League at Arsenal FC, with an appealing performance that narrowly missed out on a coup: FC Bayern and coach Thomas Tuchel could actually take the positives from the game against the “Gunners” – but Tuchel was remiss There was only one big issue during the game: a controversial situation in the second half, which in his opinion should have led to a penalty for Bayern: “I think it was a 100 percent penalty that we didn’t get, a hand penalty. That does “It’s extremely painful at this level,” said a visibly annoyed Tuchel on “Prime”. And striker Harry Kane also saw it this way: “That was the clearest penalty I’ve ever seen.”
What happened? The 66th minute at the Emirates Stadium: Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya plays a goal kick to Gabriel, who is positioned in the six-yard box. And what does the Brazilian do? Picks up the ball in his hand, puts it back on the grass and plays it back to Raya, who then takes another goal kick. Referee Glenn Nyberg from Sweden blew his whistle at the moment the first goal kick was taken, apparently causing confusion. The close Bayern player Jamal Musiala and other Munich players directly demand a penalty, despairing of the referee’s reaction.
The long-time Bundesliga referee Manuel Gräfe wrote about the scene on X during the game: “This is a blatant scene!” And further: “After a hand kick would be a penalty..”
After the game, Tuchel continued on Nyberg’s performance: “Very good opponent, extremely good spectators, below-average referee.” The 50-year-old talked himself into a rage: “All the little things all went in one direction, every physical contact was whistled away. The first foul against Saka was immediately a yellow card (for Alphonso Davies, editor’s note). Arsenal player They could complain as much as they wanted. Last time we got a yellow card when we flagged it down.”
And again about the Arsenal goal kick scene: “It’s a crystal-clear hand penalty.” Tuchel was also upset about the referee’s reaction to Bayern’s complaints: “He says to our players: ‘Yes, but it’s a ‘kid’s mistake’, I won’t whistle that in the Champions League quarter-finals. That’s a complete one new form of rule interpretation. This is simply incredible.”