Chelsea legend Michael Ballack slams refereeing during Champions League defeat to Barcelona — again!
German famously chased official Tom Henning Ovrebo during controversial elimination at hands of Catalans in 2009
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MICHAEL BALLACK hit out at the refereeing during Chelsea's defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League.
The German famously chased Norwegian official Tom Henning Ovrebo half the length of the field after he refused to award the Blues a late spot-kick against the Catalans back in a semi-final clash back in 2009.
Chelsea fans had similar cause for complaint last night, with Marcos Alonso seeing a penalty shout turned down at the Nou Camp.
Ballack responded by tweeting: "Same old story #referee".
Chelsea took a 1-1 draw to Barcelona and suffered the worst possible start when Lionel Messi put the hosts ahead inside three minutes.
Ousmane Dembele then put the Catalans in control with his first goal for the club, before the five-time Ballon d'Or-winner killed off the tie just past the hour mark.
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However, things could have turned out differently had Alonso been awarded a penalty after going down in the box after contact from Gerard Pique at 2-0.
The referee would have been forced to send the Barcelona defender off and a goal would have meant Chelsea needed just one more to lead the tie on away goals.
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Back in 2009, the Blues drew 0-0 at the Nou Camp and were leading 1-0 with just minutes to go before Andres Iniesta equalised to send the Catalans to the Champions League final.
However, Chelsea were aggrieved after seeing four penalty shouts turned down — with Ballack and Didier Drogba failing to control their emotions.