Arsene Wenger Slams “Scandalous” Referee After Bayern Munich Defeat

By The Editor
on 8th March 2017

Arsene Wenger slams scandalous referee…

Arsene Wenger lambasted the referee following our 10-2 aggregate defeat against Bayern Munich as we crashed out of the last-16 stage of the Champions League at the seventh attempt.

In what will go down as one of his most harrowing defeats in his tenure, Wenger felt the need to deflect attention from himself by focusing on the referee.

After taking the lead with a strike from Theo Walcott, we failed to put the Germans under further pressure in the first half given that we needed four goals to go through.

However, shortly after half-time, the tie would effectively be out to the bed after the referee sent off Laurent Koscielny for a foul on Robert Lewandowski inside the penalty area.

While he initially handed our skipper a yellow card, the officials upgraded the punishment to a red after they deliberated which has left Wenger livid.

“It leaves me very angry, very frustrated and I think that at the moment, because we are in a difficult period also, but I think it’s absolutely unexplainable and scandalous that you can look what happened really that the guy behind the line [the additional assistant] gives the penalty, on top of that the red card,” Wenger told the press.

“After that, it was very difficult, but the referee I think was very, very powerful for Bayern tonight.

“It was not only not a penalty but he was offside, and on top of that, he gives us a red card. That killed us completely. Overall I must say Bayern can be a good side, but tonight they can also say thank you to the decisions of the referee in the second half.”