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By Chris Harris
Arsène Wenger has outlined the five technical errors he believes referee Martin Hansson committed when he allowed Porto to score their winning goal on Wednesday night.
The Portuguese champions were awarded a free-kick just inside the Arsenal penalty area in the second half of their Champions League first leg at the Estadio do Dragao after Lukasz Fabianski picked up what was adjudged to be an intentional back-pass from Sol Campbell.
Porto took a quick free-kick before Arsenal could funnel back to defend and Falcao rolled the ball past Fabianski to secure a 2-1 victory. Wenger was left fuming at the time and, when the issue was raised at his pre-match press conference on Friday, he accused Hansson of making at least five technical mistakes in the build-up to Porto's winner.
Pressed on the matter, the Arsenal manager went through them one by one.
"The technical errors were: first he did not give the free-kick at the point where it happened.
"Then he did not stand in the right position. Then he did not put the players at the proper distance.
"Then he should not have given a quick free-kick [and allowed them to] play once he is in the middle of the action.
"Also he didn't raise his arm [for an indirect free-kick] until it was too late. In that particular incident that is five technical mistakes in the same moment of the game.
"He takes the ball five yards from the goal, puts it down and says ‘play and score'. It is ridiculous."
[Friday, February 19, 2010]
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