""If it's given offside, it's offside," De Jong told reporters after the game. "I have not seen it, but they have told us it's not offside. "But what I want to say is that you can't even speak to the referee. I don't understand it at all. And I am the captain. "I tried to talk to him and he looks at me with a face like he is better than me. It's very frustrating. You can't behave like that.""
""In added time, I was saying to the referee to watch the time, [Sociedad] were taking one minute for throw ins, goal kicks etc, which is normal, of course, but to not add even 10 seconds more seems crazy to me," the Dutchman added. "And I said that to the referee and he booked me, so you can't speak to this referee.""
Real Sociedad beat Barcelona 2-1 at Anoeta, with Mikel Oyarzabal and Gonçalo Guedes scoring either side of a Marcus Rashford header, cutting Barcelona's lead over Real Madrid to one point. Barcelona had a Lamine Yamal strike ruled out for offside. Frenkie de Jong, as captain and the designated player to speak to the referee, criticized Jesús Gil Manzano's attitude and said players could not talk to him. De Jong also questioned the handling of nine minutes of added time and said he was booked after asking the referee to watch the time. Coach Hansi Flick agreed with De Jong but said he would not waste energy on the referee.
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