Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Inter Milan v Chelsea: Champions League ref got penalty call wrong, says Salomon Kalou

Published: 7:53AM GMT twenty-five February 2010

Inter Milan v Chelsea: Champions League arbitrate got chastisement call wrong, says Salomon Kalou Felled: Salomon Kalou was brought down by Walter Samuel Photo: ACTION IMAGES

Chelsea outplayed Inter via but still lost the last-16 first-leg tie 2-1 in a pulsating compare at the San Siro.

Inter had taken a third-minute lead by Diego Milito usually for Kalou to turn in the 51st minute.

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However, Esteban Cambiasso easy Inter"s lead 4 mins after to give Jose Mourinho"s side a slight corner going in to the lapse leg at Stamford Bridge on Mar 16.

It could have been so different, though, if Chelsea had been awarded a chastisement mins prior to the break.

Kalou appeared to be felled by Inter defender Walter Samuel but Spanish arbitrate Manuel Gonzalez refused Chelsea"s appeals for a spot-kick.

The central was surrounded by Chelsea players at the half-time alarm and Kalou is austere it was a transparent penalty.

"It was a chastisement but the arbitrate motionless it wasn"t so there is not a lot you can do about it," he said.

"I felt him hold my right leg but the arbitrate told me that I did not have carry out of the round any some-more when he overwhelmed me.

"But I was about to fire and if he overwhelmed me on the behind of the leg it should be a chastisement or he should have requisitioned me for diving."

Chelsea will still be wondering how they lost a compare in that they were far higher in all departments.

The English bar were increased after the diversion when it was detected that goalkeeper Petr Cech, stretchered off with what looked similar to a knee damage in the second-half, had in actuality shop-worn his calf.

And Kalou believes his afar idea could infer critical in the lapse leg in west London.

"It is a great feeling to have the afar goal," pronounced Kalou. "Now we have to work on that and try to measure at the Bridge and not concede.

"Jose knew we were going to conflict and keep the ball. But they scored at the right moments and that done the difference. We knew could carry out the diversion but we knew they could be dangerous on the mangle and that is what happened."

Former Chelsea physical education instructor Mourinho believes his side will transport to his former stomping belligerent full of confidence, but admits it will be an romantic return.

"We can go there with a bona fide aspiration to go through," pronounced Mourinho.

"At Stamford Bridge, I don"t design anything alternative than people to be blissful to have me behind as we worked so well together.

"This time I will go behind to a opposite sauce room, a opposite cave but I know routinely Mourinho is propitious at Stamford Bridge."