Manuel Pellegrini criticized the referee's performance, stating that it lacked footballing criteria, and the incomprehensible decisions affected key moments and the outcome of the match. He spoke of a sense of powerlessness and claimed that his team was weakened, and that his goal was wrongly disallowed. According to Pellegrini, the handball did not influence that goal, while in the case of the third goal by the opponents, the player raised his leg to head height, which VAR did not check. He described the expulsion from the field as a provocation by Yamal. He added that his team was wronged and that the accepted criteria should not have been applied in these situations. #sędziowie #piłkaNożna #VAR (translated)

