"I was emotional because I think it's clear for everyone and I think everyone could see the video. One of my players had their hair pulled, and I can probably understand how sometimes a referee can't see that, but why is the VAR not checking that situation? Why are they not going back to that?"
"When you are playing football and someone pulls your hair, I don't know if you have been in that position before, but it's not nice at all. And at the end, again, I'm the one who gets a red card where I think the Arsenal player should be the one who gets a red card."
"And what is the VAR doing in these games? If we have the VAR, why are we not checking these situations? I don't understand."
Sonia Bompastor, Chelsea's head coach, expressed strong dissatisfaction with the refereeing during the Women's Champions League match against Arsenal. She believed Katie McCabe should have received a red card for pulling Alyssa Thompson's hair. Chelsea won the match 1-0 but were eliminated due to a 3-1 aggregate score. Bompastor was sent off for her protests and questioned the effectiveness of VAR in reviewing such incidents. The emotional impact of the incident was evident, as Thompson was left in tears.
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