Bompastor Angry With Var After Mccabe Hair Pull

Chelsea leader Sonia Bompastor said her players "do not merit that level of refereeing" aft Arsenal's Katie McCabe avoided a reddish paper for pulling Alyssa Thompson's hairsbreadth during their Champions League quarter-final exit.

The Blues were chasing a precocious leveller aft scoring a stoppage-time extremity to make it 3-2 connected aggregate erstwhile McCabe reached retired and tugged Thompson's hair.

The American winger was breaking forward, but McCabe escaped a yellowish paper and nan video adjunct referee (VAR) did not counsel referee Frida Mia Klarlund to reappraisal nan incident.

Bompastor was shown a yellowish paper for angrily protesting against nan determination and past sent disconnected for her continued outburst - though she refused to time off nan touchline arsenic Arsenal held connected to scope nan semi-finals.

The Frenchwoman arrived prepared pinch her mobile telephone truthful she could show a replay of nan incident arsenic she gave a furious question and reply to BBC Two.

"For me, it is intelligibly a reddish paper for nan Arsenal player. She's pulling Alyssa Thompson's hair," Bompastor said.

"If nan VAR is not capable to cheque that situation, I don't cognize why we person nan VAR.

"I'm nan 1 getting a reddish paper erstwhile I deliberation nan Arsenal subordinate should beryllium nan 1 getting a reddish card."