Inter 1-0 Barcelona: Thierry Henry slams VAR for Dumfries decision

The referee didn’t hand Barcelona a spot-kick after what seemed to be a clear handball inside Inter’s box.

Thierry Henry has questioned VAR’s performance in Barcelona’s 1-0 defeat against Inter on Tuesday.

Inter went 1-0 ahead through Hakan Calhanoglu’s late strike in the first half. The Catalans pushed hard to escape the defeat after half-time, keeping the pressure until the full-time whistle.

Xavi’s side were left furious when the referee rejected their calls for a late penalty. Ansu Fati was about to receive a cross inside the box when Denzel Dumfries cut it with his right hand.

The replay revealed the VAR referees had made a mistake, most likely thinking the Dutchman headed the ball.

“[Dumfries] takes the ball away from Ansu Fati,” Henry told CBS when speaking with referee consultant Christina Unkel. “I usually never say anything about disallowed goals.

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“But Christina, do you, the referees, have the right to sometimes say that you were wrong? Are you ever taught to say you were wrong?

“He was wrong, bye. There is nothing to explain. He was wrong. It happens. It happened to me, it happens to many people. He was wrong.

“The guy in the truck [VAR official] didn’t call the ref. I don’t know what experience he has, but even my son could have seen there was a hand.

“He would have seen it. He saw it, he even texted me to say, ‘There’s a hand’. You’ve got 20 billion cameras and you can’t see it? Please! It happens but it was wrong.”