Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at Valencia in a highly controversial game. The Catalan side had the ball behind the line in the first half but the referees failed to spot it and denied Messi a clean goal.
Rodrigo then gave Valencia the lead in the 60th minute. It took a screamer from Jordi Alba for the league leaders to equalise and go home with a point.
Here's how twitter reacted:
La Liga has the worst referee's in the world... pic.twitter.com/EvQ5nKxGxq
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) November 26, 2017
Barça lost La Liga last season because of this.Now they do it again pic.twitter.com/mkWoAR0uiJ
— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) November 26, 2017
How the La Liga referee's saw the goal last night... pic.twitter.com/0cKUCut3Gc
— Football Expose (@FootballExpose) November 27, 2017
How come Spain does not have goal line technology yet? pic.twitter.com/Kowxf0Nu4a
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) November 26, 2017
The referee in the Valencia vs Barcelona match pic.twitter.com/NTg6BCGMzS
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour) November 26, 2017
Barcelona fans complaining about referee is like Salman Khan complaining about scripts in bollywood movies.
— T€JA$ (@MadristaSrkian) November 27, 2017
The referee has ridiculed Spanish football. Is it a decision to punish Barcelona or human error, time will tell.
— BARCA_BOY ??? (@Moshkom) November 26, 2017
dear @LaLiga The referee who leads Valencia's VS Barcelona match has done a stupidity. The referee was immediately fired. The La Liga should also have Video Assistant Referee (VAR) like the English Premier League #FansBarca #Indonesia @FCBarcelona @FC_BarcelonaTv
— Obedh Anas (@ObedhAnas) November 27, 2017
Me: Whats Barcelona score tonight?Friend: 1-1 but Messi scored a goal and the referee failed to award the goal.Me: pic.twitter.com/riarQOdd3F
— Kasblings (@kaskomalima) November 26, 2017
FC Barcelona complaining about referee mistakes is like Iran and KSA advocating agaisnt terrorism.
— Karim Abdul Jawad (@KarimAbdulJawad) November 26, 2017
And people say Barcelona is favoured by referee. It's just disgusting ? #ValenciaBarca
— Prince (@onwayprince) November 26, 2017
A Great comeback from Barcelona As for the referee his coffin awaits him?
— Martin Baffoe (@asterix305) November 26, 2017
Barcelona's best game of the season after mauling juventus at home.Once again, the referee Was The difference.Messi Was The overall difference too. Get yourself a player like him.
— blacqxx Omotolani (@Blacqxx) November 26, 2017
Poor referee performance for the Barcelona game. The ball was clearly over the goal line ?
— Rodger (@rodgi_tafolla) November 26, 2017
Full time Valencia 1:1 BarcelonaTerrible referee?Actually it was 1 - 2 ?
— binup gautam (@bnupgtm) November 26, 2017
Referee successfully took away 2 point from Barcelona tonight...More painful it was Messi goal that was wrongfully disallowed
— Adebayo Ademola (@Adebayo98) November 26, 2017
Barcelona fans complaining about a referee decision. What a time to be alive
— . (@iamlasbrey) November 26, 2017
Mad that they don’t have goal-line technology in La Liga. Think they’ll be revisiting the debate after Messi’s goal was ruled not to have crossed the line when it clearly did.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) November 26, 2017
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