Jerome Boateng was unavailable for Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid - but that did not stop him giving grief to the referee.
Boateng suffered a hamstring strain in Bayern's 2-1 first leg defeat in Munich, so had to sit out the match on Tuesday evening.
He was watching on TV when Bayern were denied a penalty just before half-time, despite a cross clearly hitting Real left back Marcelo's arm.
Turkish official Cuneyt Cakir waved away claims, which could have seen Bayern level up the tie 3-3 on aggregate - and equal Real's two away goals - had the [enalty been given and scored.
Boateng joined in the Bayern fans' online displeasure, tweeting a screen grab from the TV coverage and circling the ball striking Marcelo's arm.
The German international tweeted: 'No penalty?!? Come on...', with an angry emoji to round off his anger.
Although Boateng was sure, Steven Gerrard, serving as a TV pundit for BT Sport, was less certain.
When asked by host Gary Lineker if it should have been a spot-kick, Gerrard would only go as far to say it 'possibly' should have been given.
Real and Bayern were playing for the right to face Liverpool or Roma in the Champions League final later this month in Kiev.
FootballPro19
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Attention Bayern Munich and Barcelona fans! Marcelo's handball wasn't a penalty, and here is why... According to the official rules of football, contact between a player's hand and the ball is not an offense unless the contact is intentional or could have been avoided. Marcelo tried to avoid the handball and bunch up his hand but the ball was too fast for him, he didn't try to spread out his arms or make himself bigger. Therefore it's not a penalty. Take a look at the rules you beginners...
Cecbcdpstu
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Spanish teams do get favourable decisions in champions league, juventus in this season against Real Madrid and Chelsea in 2009 season against Barcelona are some examples of that