Emma Hayes lambasted the red card shown to Kadeisha Buchanan and the award of the decisive penalty in Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat by Barcelona as “probably the worst decisions in Uefa Women’s Champions League history”.
Chelsea were a goal up going into the second leg, having inflicted the first home defeat on Barcelona in more than five years, but Aitana Bonmatí’s shot took a deflection off Buchanan to ensure the visitors were level on aggregate at the break. The centre‑back then picked up two very soft yellow cards to cut Chelsea down to 10 players and then Iuliana Demetrescu awarded a questionable penalty.
