Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-3): Sonia Bompastor fumes once more on VAR after Katie McCabe hair pull on Alyssa Thompson not reviewed in WCL recreation

Sonia Bompastor as soon as once more took purpose at VAR after the system didn’t evaluation a Katie McCabe hair pull on Alyssa Thompson for a purple card – with the Chelsea boss as an alternative being booked after which despatched off.

Bompastor obtained her first yellow card for her offended protests after McCabe was not penalised late within the recreation, shouting on the referee as the cardboard was brandished. VAR would have seemed on the incident and, with no evaluation, clearly didn’t see a difficulty with the on-field choice.

Then lower than a minute later, Bompastor encroached on the pitch as she tried to shortly retrieve the ball for her aspect, and was proven a purple card following a second reserving.

Whereas she stated little about whether or not she deserved to be despatched off, she was adamant that VAR ought to have checked the hair-pulling incident, as soon as once more questioning the usage of the know-how within the ladies’s recreation after comparable feedback made after the primary leg.

“In the moment, I was emotional because I think it’s clear for everyone,” Bompastor stated.

“I can in all probability perceive the referees typically cannot see that, however I do not perceive – and it is not been the primary time now – why the VAR just isn’t checking that scenario?

“Why are they not going again to that, checking and having a transparent name on that? As a result of the affect on my participant she was emotional.

“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’s the VAR doing in these video games? If we have now the VAR, why are we not checking these conditions? I do not perceive, and it is not ok.”

She added to BBC Sport that Thompson had been upset by the incident, saying: “She was crying.

“She’s trying her best on the pitch in both games and it is not good enough. When you are playing football and someone pulls your hair, it’s bad. She was emotional with that situation and the result.”

Nonetheless, McCabe stated on social media that her hair pull had not been intentional, posting: “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.”

Arsenal boss Renee Slegers added: “I have seen the still picture back. I didn’t see the incident on the pitch when it was happening but I did see Katie going to Alyssa to apologise. My assumption is it’s not intentional but it is of course unlucky. I have to watch it back before I comment more.”

Bompastor additionally went additional to level out how the referee Frida Klarlund and VAR official Katrin Rafalski had beforehand made errors within the Champions League.

“The referee who was refereeing the game was the one who, two years ago for Chelsea, didn’t allow the ball for offside, but it was onside,” she stated.

“I think she was the one who also gave a penalty kick to Real Madrid, and the foul was outside the box.

“And the one who was doing the VAR was the one who disallowed our goal against Barcelona when [Catarina] Macario scored and that goal was onside.

“So I am simply questioning, why are these referees coming into this recreation with what occurred within the first leg, refereeing these video games? I do not assume that is ok.

“I’m really frustrated and upset, but not only for me, but my players deserve more respect for the performance they put on the pitch.”

It was a chaotic finish to the all-WSL Girls’s Champions League quarter-final tie, which Arsenal gained 3-2 on mixture regardless of Chelsea’s 1-0 win on the night time.

The Gunners will face both Lyon or Wolfsburg within the semi-finals which start on the finish of April. The 2 European heavyweights meet of their second leg on Thursday night.