Dortmund enraged by awful decision to rule out a goal for tackle on Ederson

  /  autty

Borussia Dortmund were left enraged by the perplexing decision to rule out a Jude Bellingham goal in their Champions League quarter-final match against Manchester City.

The 17-year-old Englishman appeared to tackle Ederson cleanly, winning the ball, with the Brazilian goalkeeper actually catching Bellingham on his follow through rather than the other way around.

With Bellingham poised to roll the ball into an empty net, the referee blew his whistle for a free-kick to City and booked Bellingham, meaning he could not overrule his decision and allow the goal if he had looked at VAR replays.

Former England midfielder Owen Hargreaves said on BT Sport at half-time: 'The ref blows his whistle too early.

'Bellingham gets to the ball first, he wins it, if anything Ederson fouls him! When you're a player you know if you won the ball and he knew.'

'He (the referee) had two big calls in the game, he got them both wrong. Dortmund will be furious.'

Fellow pundit Joleon Lescott added: 'Even the decision to give Rodri a penalty, you can tell the referee is a bit overwhelmed.'

Bellingham's Dortmund team-mate Jadon Sancho, who will miss both ties against Pep Guardiola's side due to injury, tweeted his response during the match.

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