'Frustrated' Bukayo Saka speaks out after penalty controversy in Arsenal's draw with Bayern Munich | B206BY8 | 2024-04-10 16:08:01
A 'annoyed' Bukayo Saka took to Instagram and made his feelings abundantly clear after he was denied a late penalty in Arsenal's pulsating 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich within the Champions League.
Saka opened the scoring with an outstanding low strike past Manuel Neuer earlier than ex-Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry levelled and Harry Kane converted from the spot to provide the visitors a half-time lead in Tuesday's absorbing quarter-final first leg.
Second-half substitute Leandro Trossard netted after Arsenal had squandered quite a few inviting possibilities to arrange an enthralling end at the Emirates, with the house crowd roaring Mikel Arteta's males on in the hunt for a winner.
And it appeared as if Neuer might have gifted the Gunners a golden opportunity to go to Munich with a Three-2 lead as Saka went down in the penalty area under his clumsy challenge within the dying moments of stoppage time in north London.
However referee Glenn Nyberg waved away Arsenal's protestations for a spot-kick and blew his whistle to suggest full-time simply moments later, leaving the tie finely poised forward of subsequent week's second leg on the Allianz Area.
An enraged Saka was seen chasing down Nyberg for an evidence and Arteta appeared apoplectic on the touchline, however later refused to elaborate on his emotions surrounding the controversial determination.
'I haven't seen it,' the Arsenal head coach stated.
'The choice is made, we can't change that. We've to concentrate on other points we will control and that we might've carried out a lot better tonight.'
Meanwhile, Saka was less than impressed and struggled to hide his emotions, posting a pair of indignant emojis to his Instagram tales shortly after the ultimate whistle.
The younger England forward – who has been struggling for fitness in current weeks – also wrote: 'Frustrating, however all the things to play for within the second leg& [angry emoji][red emoji].'
Thomas Tuchel felt his Bayern side were denied a penalty of their very own – after Kane's earlier spot-kick – as David Raya played a goal-kick to Gabriel Magalhaes, who in flip handled the ball.
The incident was missed in real-time by the TV cameras and officers allowed play to continue, which the Bayern supervisor stated was a 'large mistake'.
'For me, for all of us, he [the referee] made an enormous mistake not giving the handball penalty,' Tuchel stated.
'I do know it is a loopy state of affairs but they put the ball down, he whistles, he provides the ball and the defender takes the ball in his hand.'
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In line with Tuchel, referee Nyberg informed Bayern's gamers that he would not award a penalty in such a high-profile recreation for what he described as a 'child's mistake' from Gabriel.
'What makes us actually indignant is the reason on the sector,' the ex-Chelsea boss added.
'He advised our gamers that it's a "child's mistake" and he won't give a penalty like this in a quarter-final.
'This can be a horrible, horrible rationalization. He is judging handballs. Kid's mistake, adult's mistake. No matter. We really feel indignant as a result of it is a large choice towards us.'
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