Rafael Benitez dismissed Chelsea claims that Frank Lampard’s controversial sending-off handed Liverpool victory.
But Stamford Bridge counterpart Luiz Felipe Scolari has demanded the FA rescind his red card.
The game’s main talking point came on the hour when referee Mike Riley harshly dismissed Lampard after a challenge with Xabi Alonso.
“I am really pleased because I thought we deserved to win,” said Benitez. “When we were 11 against 11 we were the better team, and when it went to 11 against 10 we had more control and more opportunities.
“Sure, it could have been a draw but we scored two goals and we could have had more.
“But I don’t think the sending-off changed in the game in terms we had control and we were playing better, but we had more control after the red card and were already playing better than them.”
Lampard was deeply unhappy afterwards, and said: “I had no intention of injuring the player. I obviously touched the ball and there is no way that it was a red card.”
His manager Scolari said: “I do not want to criticise the referee, all I ask is that he looks at the video with the men from the FA.
“If they agree that Lampard did not commit a foul for his red card, maybe they will change the decision.”
But Scolari conceded that Jose Bosingwa could be in trouble after he put his foot into the back of Yossi Benayoun and pushed the Liverpool man off the pitch.
The incident was not punished by Riley and Scolari added: “What Bosingwa did was not correct. But if he is punished when the FA look at the video, maybe they will change the decision over Lampard.”
But Stamford Bridge counterpart Luiz Felipe Scolari has demanded the FA rescind his red card.
The game’s main talking point came on the hour when referee Mike Riley harshly dismissed Lampard after a challenge with Xabi Alonso.
“I am really pleased because I thought we deserved to win,” said Benitez. “When we were 11 against 11 we were the better team, and when it went to 11 against 10 we had more control and more opportunities.
“Sure, it could have been a draw but we scored two goals and we could have had more.
“But I don’t think the sending-off changed in the game in terms we had control and we were playing better, but we had more control after the red card and were already playing better than them.”
Lampard was deeply unhappy afterwards, and said: “I had no intention of injuring the player. I obviously touched the ball and there is no way that it was a red card.”
His manager Scolari said: “I do not want to criticise the referee, all I ask is that he looks at the video with the men from the FA.
“If they agree that Lampard did not commit a foul for his red card, maybe they will change the decision.”
But Scolari conceded that Jose Bosingwa could be in trouble after he put his foot into the back of Yossi Benayoun and pushed the Liverpool man off the pitch.
The incident was not punished by Riley and Scolari added: “What Bosingwa did was not correct. But if he is punished when the FA look at the video, maybe they will change the decision over Lampard.”
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