Malaga blame Thomson’s mistakes for defeat to Dortmund

Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has blamed Craig Thomson for his side’s dramatic Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund.

The Spanish side lost two goals in stoppage time after going 2-1 in front with television evidence showing that both goals should have been disallowed.

Thomson- who is in charge of Celtic’s Scottish Cup semi-final against Dundee United on Sunday- was ‘assisted’ by Derek Rose and Alasdair Ross who’ll also be on duty at Hampden.

After losing out to the goals from Marco Reus and then Felipe Santana Pelligrini called on UEFA to investigate Thomson’s below par display.

The Malaga coach said: “It was like there wasn’t a referee on the pitch at the end, it was chaos in the closing stages, there were six or seven things which went unpunished in our area.

“There was a chain of mistakes. Whatever needs to be changed, must be changed.”

Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp added: “Football showed both sides of its face, the bitterly disappointed defeated and the overjoyed winners.

“It’s not often we have needed so much luck, we weren’t so good, but despite that, we won.

“Over the two games I think we are a deserving winner, but if we play like tonight again we won’t win the Champions League.

“Now we have reached our target of a semi-final. It’s crazy. I think I need to see a doctor!

“It feels like we’ve won the trophy. If we play as we did tonight we won’t win the Champions League, but if we play as we really can and have tonight’s passion, then we can do well.”

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