Jude Bellingham, Emre Can fume at Chelsea retaken penalty decision against Borussia Dortmund in Champions League

Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham said the decision to allow Chelsea to retake a missed penalty which ended up sending them to the Champions League quarter-finals was a “joke”. Chelsea were awarded the penalty when the ball struck the arm of Dortmund’s Marius Wolf with the aggregate score level at 1-1. Ad Kai Havertz stepped up to take the penalty and hit the post as the goalkeeper dived the wrong way.

Champions League'This could turn everything around for them' — Chelsea backed to kick on from 'huge' win2 HOURS AGO But the referee ordered the penalty to be taken again after the VAR spotted that the Dortmund player who cleared the ball after it had rebounded off the post was encroaching in the box. Several Chelsea players had gone too early but that made no difference to the decision. Havertz dispatched the penalty at the second attempt and Chelsea advanced into the last eight with a 2-1 aggregate victory.

Bellingham was unhappy with the awarding of the penalty for handball, but more so with the decision to allow it to be retaken. “From where I was it looked like he was pretty close and I’m not sure what more he can do with the hands,” he told BT Sport. “It’s a yard or two away, but I don’t want to get in trouble.

“That in itself was disappointing and the fact they have had a retake is a joke. For every penalty, especially when he has such a slow run-up, there is going to be people encroaching into the box by a yard or so, but that’s the game I suppose. He made the decision and we have to live with it.” Dortmund midfielder Emre Can said he didn't understand the decision and the referee was «very bad».