adminLONDON. — Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois blamed a lack of concentration and a refereeing decision for the FA Cup final defeat that reminded him of a familiar anti-climax to the season when he was with former club Atletico Madrid.
“It’s not a good feeling,” the Belgian international told Chelsea’s official website. I had the same thing in Spain when I won the league and then lost the Champions League.
“The first goal should never have been allowed. It was clearly a hand ball. His hands were not in a natural position. “And then (Aaron) Ramsey was offside because he was interfering in play. “If Ramsey was not in an offside position, I could go out and touch the ball but I had to stop because he was there.”
Courtois, admitted, however, that it was a bad lapse to allow Arsenal a second goal, by Ramsey, immediately after Diego Costa’s equaliser. “We scored the goal. We needed to hold on but we were maybe not paying attention. It was a very hard moment after equalising.
“As a team we were not at our best.” — Reuters
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter