Jude Bellingham makes extraordinary referee accusation as Dortmund lose to Bayern
England midfielder Jude Bellingham questioned the appointment of Felix Zwayer as referee for Borussia Dortmund’s huge 3-2 defeat by Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Zwayer rejected Dortmund’s appeals for a penalty before giving their rivals a spot-kick for a Mats Hummels handball. The prolific Robert Lewandowski then stepped up to score Bayern’s winner against his old club at Signal Iduna Park.
And speaking after the match, the 18-year-old hit out Zwayer, who was banned for six months by the German FA after being embroiled in a match-fixing scandal in 2005.
“You give a referee, that has match fixed before, the biggest game in Germany, what do you expect?” Bellingham told Viaplay.
“For me, it wasn’t [a penalty]. He [Hummels] is not even looking at the ball and he’s fighting to get it and it hits him.
“You can look at a lot of the decisions in the game.”
Dortmund boss Marco Rose was booked for his angry reaction when his side were denied a penalty. He was then red-carded for a second caution for his protests after leaders Bayern were awarded theirs in the 77th minute after a lengthy VAR review.
Dortmund captain Marco Reus went down in the box after a challenge with Lucas Hernandez in the 54th minute. Afterwards, Reus said Zwayer should have watched it again on the VAR monitor.
“When you see the replay it looks really bad,” said Reus. “It is a shame that he did not review that one.”
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