Bellingham criticizes referee after Dortmund’s defeat to Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund star Jude Bellingham aimed a furious attack on referee Felix Zwayer following his side’s 3-2 defeat against Bayern Munich, accusing the match official of being involved in a past match-fixing scandal.
were beaten 3-2 at the Signal Iduna Park after
R
obert Lewandowski's equalizer canceled out
Julian Brandt's opener.
then made it 2-1 shortly before half-time before
Haalandresponded with a spectacular finish.
However, Dortmund fell to defeat after
Mats Hummels' adjudged handball meant the away side were awarded a penalty, which Lewandowski dispatched to give
Bayern Munichthe win.
The penalty looked controversial and Dortmund strongly disagreed, with manager
Marco Rose
sent off as a result of his protests and after the game, youngster
Bellinghamcouldn't hide his frustrations.
"For me it wasn't [a penalty],"
Bellingham
claimed after the final whistle
.
"[Mats] Hummels isn't even looking at the ball, he's fighting to get it and it just sort of hits him, it hits him and I don't even think he's looking at the ball.
"You can look at a lot of the decisions in the game, you give a referee that has match-fixed before the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?"
, who brought the game back to 2-2 shortly after half-time prior to Lewandowski's winner, was equally outraged by the performance of the match official.
"I think it was a scandal when it comes to the refereeing," t
he Norwegian fired, while also expressing his anger at seeing a penalty appeal for
Marco Reusdismissed.
"He was arrogant, and I will say no more."
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