Chelsea's bad night at Stamford Bridge got even worse as Marcos Alonso saw red while Bayern Munich put them to the sword in a 3-0 Champions League defeat.
Speaking on BT Sport after the game, Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole condemned his actions, saying the incident deserved the red card.
The game was already gone when Alonso caught Robert Lewandowski with his arm in the 82nd minute, a challenge he initially saw a yellow card for.
However, after a check of the VAR monitor, the referee upgraded his decision to a red card, meaning Alonso will miss the return leg at the Allianz.
'In today's game it's a red for retaliation,' said Ferdinand. 'Waving arms, it's silly really [for an] experienced player. You can't be doing that in the game today with cameras all over the place. I thought he was punished deservedly so.'
'He's let his manage down there no doubt,' said Cole. 'It looked like [Alonso and Lewandowski] said something to each other so there was a bit of malice, bit of venom. He shouldn't have done that and he's let the team down.'
