Chelsea captain John Terry believes they missed out on at least SEVEN good penalty claims over the two-legs of their Champions League defeat to Barcelona.
Terry said: “Over two legs they played well but the fact is that, in this game, we had six or seven penalty claims waved away and that is astonishing.
“Anywhere else, anywhere else in the world that would not happen.
“You can see he might not have given the first one, but come the second where Nicolas Anelka puts it round Pique and he slams it down with his hand?
“It’s decisions like that which are wrong — Darren Fletcher misses the final after being sent off for Manchester United on Tuesday, a bad decision. He can’t play in the final and neither can we, because of a bad decision in this match.”
The England skipper continued: “Why did we get a referee who has officiated in 10 games in the Champions League in his career?
“To be given the Champions League semi-final, that’s not good enough.
“Refs keep getting the big games. When it gets to this stage, it’s down to UEFA to be strong enough and give the big games to their best referees.
“You need experienced refs to look after experienced players in these ties and we didn’t get the referee we needed to do that.
“You see the United game and what happened to Fletcher. It was a bad decision and we suffered the same again tonight.”
