"Chelsea's players fell to the turf in desolation at full-time having thrown anything and everything at Arsenal, head coach Sonia Bompastor was already in the tunnel. Her rightful frustration at the standard of officiating over both legs eventually boiled over at Stamford Bridge as she was shown a late red card by referee Frida Klarlund after she missed a clear hair pull from Katie McCabe on Alyssa Thompson."
"Bompastor was already furious with the standard of officiating in the first leg, angry at the bemusing decision to disallow Veerle Buurman's first-half goal for a supposed push on Laia Codina. It was a dubious call at best, and meant Chelsea went into the break 2-0 down, instead of by a solitary goal."
"In the second leg, after having seen her team throw everything and some at Arsenal and after finally getting the breakthrough in the 94th minute through a Sjoeke Nüsken goal, an incident a minute later saw Bompastor's anger boil over. Klarlund somehow missed McCabe pulling Thompson's hair -- and VAR stayed woefully silent."
Chelsea was eliminated from the UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinals by Arsenal, who advanced with a 3-1 aggregate score. Chelsea won the second leg 1-0 but were frustrated by officiating decisions in both matches. Head coach Sonia Bompastor expressed anger over a disallowed goal in the first leg and a missed hair pull incident in the second leg. Chelsea's players felt a mix of pride and regret after their efforts, but ultimately fell short against a more experienced Arsenal side.
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