Speaking after his sides 2-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that the red card shown to goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesney “killed the game”.
“The referee made a decision that killed the game,” Wenger said.
“Our keeper went for the ball, he touched Robben, who made more of it.”
Although Bayern Munich defender David Alaba missed the penalty, the red card shown left Arsenal with only 10 men and Bayern eventually wore them down and scored two goals through Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller.
Wenger however was in no mood to blame Szczesney. It was Robben and referee Nicola Rizzoli who got the worst of it “Robben has enough experience to know to make more of it,” said Wenger. “Overall I thought Bayern made a lot of every single contact. We are not used to that in England.Â
“There were fouls given today that usually are not given in the Premier League, but it’s different rules and we have to accept it.
“The game was, until then, top quality, and in the second half it was boring for neutral people. It was one-way traffic.”
Whilst Wenger has every right to be disappointed with the result, he can really have no complaints over the penalty and the dismissal of Szczeney. It was a clear goal scoring opportunity and Robben was clearly taken out.
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