Coach unhappy with decisions in 1-1 draw with PSG
‘It’s never an excuse for everything but it matters’
A frustrated Vincent Kompany lamented a series of refereeing calls against his Bayern Munich side as they were pipped by Paris Saint-Germain to a place in the Champions League final against Arsenal.
Harry Kane’s late equaliser at the Allianz Arena was not enough to prevent a 6-5 aggregate defeat, Bayern toiling for much of the night after Ousmane Dembélé’s third-minute goal for PSG. But Bayern were furious when the visiting defender Nuno Mendes was not shown a second yellow card for what appeared a deliberate first-half handball, PSG being awarded a free-kick instead, and their anger increased when no penalty was awarded after Vitinha’s clearance struck the arm of João Neves.
In practice handballs are rarely awarded when the result of a teammate’s intervention but Kompany, who was unhappy when PSG were given a spot-kick for handball against Alphonso Davies in the first leg, sensed the combination of decisions against his team had taken the tie away from them.
