Scolari blasts ref Dean

ChelseaLuiz Felipe Scolari has demanded an apology from referee Mike Dean after Chelsea slipped to a 2-1 defeat against Arsenal.

The Brazilian was fuming that Robin van Persie's equalising goal was allowed to stand despite the Dutchman being clearly offside when taking a pass from Denilson.

Van Persie then went on to grab the winner but Scolari says the equaliser was the crucial goal and has demanded and apology from Dean and his linesman for allowing it to stand.

"I want the referee and the linesman to see they are wrong, and they say 'sorry'," he demanded. "That is all I want, no more - because they were not good and made a mistake, which I understand.

"I do not want three points; all I want is them to say 'sorry, it was a mistake' - because in the first half, the same linesman made a mistake against us with (Salomon) Kalou.

"He is a man and he can make a mistake, but the offside killed my team.

"I just want them to say they are wrong - because I am wrong when I put some players in, or the players are wrong when they make a mistake in front of goal or are not covering. These are all wrong, but the referee is never wrong.

"We lost today because one goal was not a goal, and it was a goal which changed the result."



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