ISLAMABAD, April 11 -- Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman raged against the referee for not awarding them a penalty in their 2-1 defeat to Real Madrid in Saturday's "Clasico", which knocked them off course in La Liga's three-way title race. The Catalans had two late penalty claims as they chased the game, with Martin Braithwaite going to ground both times after challenges from Ferland Mendy.
"If you're a Barcelona fan and you saw this game you'd be very annoyed with two of the referee's decisions. It was a clear, clear penalty and then he only gave four minutes of stoppage time," the Dutch coach told Spanish network Movistar. Koeman, who was also angry when his side were beaten 3-1 by Real last October with the help of a contentious penalty, e...