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| Title: | Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal: Sonia Bompastor sent off after Katie McCabe's hair pull in fiery finale |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | GB |
| Topics: | finale; var; mccabe; fiery; incident; katie; bompastor; pull; card; pulling; sonia; sent; hair; red; womens; mccabes; league; chelsea; Sonia Bompastor; Penalty card; UEFA Champions League; Chelsea F.C.; Association football; Video assistant referee; Katie McCabe; Sam Kerr; Ejection (sports); Two-legged tie; Germany national football team; Arsenal F.C.; Stamford Bridge (stadium); Manager (association football); Referee (association football); United States women's national soccer team |
| Datetime: | 4/1/2026, 10:35:43 PM |
| Summary: | I’m the one who gets the red card, when I think it should be the Arsenal player who gets the red card. “This is what we call a clear and obvious error (that) should be, must be a red card,” Unkel added. Wednesday night’s Champions League incident was the latest in a recent space of hair pulling offenses in women’s football. AdvertisementThompson, who signed with Chelsea from Angel City on Sept. 4 last year, has also been subjected to hair pulling in the Women’s Super League. In the 13th minute, German defender Kathrin Hendrich was shown a red card for pulling French defender Griedge Mbock Bathy’s hair inside the penalty box.... |
