rafa est dégoutté par le 2eme carton jaune de xabi alonso.
il est enervé d'avoir perdu les 2 points et de devoir laisser alonso dans les tribunes mercredi.
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Rafael Benitez has today spoken of his frustration after referee Steve Bennett refused to change his mind about his decision to send Xabi Alonso off at Arsenal on Sunday.
Alonso will now serve a one match ban against Fulham tomorrow night following his red card at Highbury.
Benitez has no complaints with the first yellow card handed to his Spanish midfielder, but he feels the second one was a mistake as TV replays clearly showed Alonso slip before committing the 'foul' on Mathieu Flamini.
"He said it was a tackle and he doesn't want to change his mind. You can't do anything else. We talked to the supervisor of the referees and he said the referee needs to change his decision," said Benitez.
"What can be done? Maybe it is a question you can put to the supervisor of the referees. Maybe he can explain to you why this happens when things are so clear.
"At the end we lose Xabi Alonso and two points in the race to finish in the top four. That means big money.
"But the referee doesn't want to change his mind. I can accept mistakes because it is not easy. But after you watch the video I can't understand why you continue to say the same thing.
"When you are talking about big money, the difference between finishing in the top four or not is so important. If someone can say, okay I made a mistake you can understand. You can't change now that you lost two points against a direct rival.
"It was so clear. It was not a yellow card, but Xabi can't play against Fulham on Wednesday."
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