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James Quinlan & Kieran Horn

Jude Bellingham slams 'joke' Chelsea penalty decision as Borussia Dortmund exit Champions League

Jude Bellingham's latest transfer audition will likely be seen as a disappointing one as he was unable to guide Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League quarter-finals. Despite holding the advantage coming into the second leg, Chelsea turned the tie on its head with two goals either side of half time to seal a spot in the next round.

Karim Adeyemi had handed Dortmund a one-goal lead but a number of things went wrong in the following few weeks for the German club. The weekend after his goal Adeyemi picked up a hamstring injury severe enough for him to miss the second leg.

First-choice goalkeeper Gregor Kobel was also confirmed to be missing the game through injury and on the day of the clash Dortmund preparations were affected as the team bus got stuck in traffic with kick off subsequently delayed by ten minutes. If that wasn't enough already, Edin Terzic then lost Julian Brandt to injury after just four minutes

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