LONDON : The decision to allow Kai Havertz to re-take his penalty was a "joke", Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham said after Chelsea knocked the German club out of the Champions League on Tuesday.Dortmund won the first leg at home 1-0 but a first-half goal by Raheem Sterling and a controversial penalty by Havertz handed them a 2-0 defeat in the second leg at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday as they crashed out of the last 16 2-1 on aggregate.Chelsea were given a penalty in the second half after a cross from Ben Chilwell smacked into the outstretched hand of Dortmund defender Marius Wolf.
Havertz hit the post from the spot but the penalty was re-taken after VAR alerted the referee that Dortmund players had encroached into the area.
In his second try, Havertz went on to score, sending Chelsea into the quarter-finals."I'm not sure what more he can do with his hand," Bellingham told BT Sport, referring to Wolf. "That in itself was disappointing and the fact that they've had a retake, I think it's a joke."For every penalty, especially when you have such a slow run-up, there's going to be people encroaching into the box by a yard or so.
He has made the decision and we have to live with it."Dortmund coach Edin Terzic said his team would refrain from complaining."If a decision takes about five or six minutes then it's not easy to make a call," Terzic said. "But as the manager of the team, I'm responsible for the performance of the team and staff, but not the performance of the referee.