Arsenal win triggers another Chelsea meltdown
Arsenal win triggers another Chelsea meltdown Arsenal’s latest European win was followed by fresh complaints from Sonia Bompastor, with the Chelsea manager again shifting attention away from the result. Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images Sonia Bompastor spent the aftermath of Chelsea’s Champions League exit complaining about Arsenal once again, and while she was entitled to feel aggrieved by one major decision, the wider tone of the reaction still said more about Chelsea’s frustration than it did about the match. The incident in question was the late clash between Katie McCabe and Alyssa Thompson , which ended with Bompastor being sent off and then carrying her anger into the post-match interviews.
On that point alone, there is little real argument. McCabe pulled Thompson back by the hair and should have been sent off. It came too late to change the outcome, but it was still a red-card offence and there was every reason for Chelsea to be angry that it was missed.
What jars is the selective outrage that has followed. Across the tie, there were other incidents that might have warranted similar scrutiny, yet they have attracted next to none. Kadeisha Buchanan’s straight-legged challenge on Anneke Borbe last week has barely featured in the discussion.
Image via Arsenal. com highlights video Nor has there been much appetite to revisit Lauren James stamping on McCabe , or the suggestion that she could have gone the week before for two bookable offences. Instead, one late Arsenal incident has come to dominate the coverage, as though nothing else of note happened across 180 minutes.
That has suited Bompastor , who has now made a habit of turning Arsenal matches into refereeing arguments. Last week she was calling for men to come and save the women’s game . This week she turned up to her BBC interview with her phone in hand and footage of the McCabe incident ready to go.
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