Chelsea Women's manager Sonia Bompastor was adamant Arsenal defender Katie McCabe should have been sent off for pulling Alyssa Thompson's hair, an act the French coach is certain was deliberate.
-TIMESTAMPS-
00:00 - Intro.
00:10 - Tough on a human level. We were in control of the game. Big chances but we couldn't score more than one.
01:10 - Red card: I'm more calm now but I was emotional. I had one of my players hair pulled. I don't understand why VAR didn't check it. It's not good enough, I get a red card when Arsenal player should. What is VAR doing?
04:37 - UEFA won't change process: if they're happy with what happened in the first half and tonight then that's not good enough.
05:26 - Picked up a small injury in calf, after international break.
05:45 - Assessing her day by day. There's still a chance with Sweden.
06:16 - we created enough opportunities but we couldn't score. We could ever more clinical. That's the story of our season.
07:25 - What can you do to address that?: we'll see what we can address but it's a lot of things.
08:26 - Other clubs caught up with Chelsea: everyone is working hard to catch up with us. This season has not been good enough.
09:14 - Next steps: we are having a lot of conversations.
09:43 - Refereeing incidents: I feel unlucky with the decisions.
10:14 - McCabe statement: Have you seen the video? The intention is clear. It's clearly a red card. She's intended to pull her hair.
11:06 - Hair pulls?: It doesn't happen often. It's happened once this season against West Ham and the player got a red card.
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By HaytersTV
April 1, 2026