They suffered a 1-0 defeat thanks to Brahim Diaz\u2019s brilliant effort
\nLEIPZIG
\nLeipzig were left to rue a controversial disallowed goal in Tuesday\u2019s 1-0 home loss to Real Madrid in their last 16 Champions League clash.
\nLeipzig striker Benjamin Sesko scored in the second minute but the linesman raised his flag for offside.
\nReplays showed Sesko was clearly onside but VAR did not overturn the decision.
\nAnother Leipzig player, Benjamin Henrichs, was offside and despite not touching the ball, was adjudged to have been in the goalkeeper\u2019s line of sight.
\nMadrid\u2019s Brahim Diaz scored a stunning solo goal early in the second-half to decide the first-leg match.
\nWhile praising Diaz\u2019s \u201cdream goal\u201d, Leipzig coach Marco Rose told reporters the decision was wrong.
\n\u201cThere was a goal which should have counted\u201d Rose said, explaining \u201cif we were playing a goal up, maybe things would have turned out differently\u201d.
\nRose found some unlikely support from Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos, who agreed the goal should have stood.
\n\u201cHe called it offside because he said he obstructed him (Real\u2019s goalie).
\n\u201cThe goalkeeper would not have got to the ball, so it was a goal.\u201d
\nMadrid coach Carlo Ancelotti told reporters \u201cyou have to ask the referee\u201d about the controversial call, explaining \u201cI think he said the goalkeeper was bothered by the (Leipzig) player\u201d.
\nAsked if referee Irfan Pelito, who was taking charge of his eighth match in the Champions League, had shown his inexperience in making the call, Rose shot back \u201cI\u2019m not angry with the referee \u2014 I don\u2019t want to start a refereeing debate.\u201d
\n\u201cIt was a mistake. I think we all saw it was not the right decision.
\n\u201cI also make mistakes \u2014 sometimes two or three per day.
\n\u201cWhat\u2019s important is that you fix them \u2014 and that you try and do it better next time.\u201d Rose said his team still had a good chance of progressing to the quarter finals, saying \u201cwe want to show ourselves in Madrid\u201d.
\n\u201cWe want to be the best we can for Madrid, we want to be the most difficult we can be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
They suffered a 1-0 defeat thanks to Brahim Diaz\u2019s brilliant effort LEIPZIG Leipzig were left to rue a controversial disallowed goal in Tuesday\u2019s 1-0 home loss to Real Madrid in their last 16 Champions League clash. Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko scored in the second minute but the linesman raised his flag for offside. Replays showed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-387235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n