Source: Daily_Mail
You just cost us the title: Chelsea boss Scolari's fury at Lampard red card
Luiz Felipe Scolari accused referee Mike Riley of derailing Chelsea's[LNB]title challenge with the controversial sending-off of Frank Lampard in yesterday's 2-0 defeat at Anfield.[LNB]The Chelsea manager urged Riley to review Lampard's 60th-minute challenge on Liverpool[LNB]midfielder Xabi Alonso and to rescind his straight red card.[LNB]Scolari, who conceded Chelsea's Jose Bosingwa should have been dismissed forslamming his studs into Yossi Benayoun's back, admitted the loss had all but counted Chelsea out of the title race - two late goals from Fernando Torres securing a win that lifts Liverpool back into second place.[LNB] Frank Lampard was controversially sent off for his challenge on Xabi Alonso[LNB]Chelsea are third, five points behind leaders Manchester United, who have a game inhand.[LNB]'I have not spoken to the referee, but I hope he will perhaps look at a video of the incident and say in his report he made a mistake,' he said.[LNB]'It was a foul by Alonso, not Lampard, so I just cannot understand the decision. If it is not overturned, Lampard has to miss three games because of a mistake and that cannot be right.[LNB]'It changed the game one million per cent, because they had so much more of the ball after that and created more. I would have accepted a red for Bosingwa but not Lampard.[LNB] Frank Lampard was given his marching orders on a miserable afternoon for Chelsea at Anfield[LNB]'Whatever happens, we cannot change the result or its effect on our title chances. We will fight to the end but it is more distant for us now.'[LNB]Lampard and Alonso have clashed before but the Chelsea midfielder insisted:'I had no intention of injuring the player. It was obvious I touched the ball and there is no way it was a red card offence.'[LNB] Luis Felipe Scolari was furious after Lampard was sent off and Chelsea slipped to defeat[LNB] Torres scored his first League goals since October, the first a brilliant near-post header in the 89th minute, the second an easy finish four minutes into added time that left Liverpool two points behind United.[LNB]He said: 'We knew that this was a massive game. Every player knew that. From the beginning until the very end, we worked really hard with intensity and determination. We are very happy with the 2-0 scoreline.[LNB]'We know that games in England, more than any other league, go for 90 minutes and you can score in any minute and you have to keep going until the end.[LNB]'It is a long race. We know that Manchester United are top of the table but we are going to fight with them until the end.[LNB]'Chelsea had one player less so they needed to defend. A draw was good for them but we needed to win. Once we had one extra player we kept creating more chances.[LNB]'It has brought back some belief and confidence. These were my first two goals since coming back from injury. I have scored at home for the first time this season and to do that against Chelsea was fantastic.'[LNB]Liverpool's co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were together in the directors' box for the first time in 13 months but they faced an angry demonstration from supporters outside the main entrance after the game, even though Liverpool are hard on the heels of Sir Alex Ferguson's leaders.[LNB] Liverpool fans made their feelings well known with regard to their American [LNB]Gillett was also confronted by fans outside Liverpool's Marriott Hotel as he left for the ground earlier in the day and the animosity could increase the owners' resolve to sell.[LNB]They plan talks with Benitez over a new contract for the Liverpool manager but will also try to revive negotiations with Nasser al-Kharafi after a member of the Kuwaiti billionaire's family attended the match as a guest of Hicks.[LNB] Graham Poll: Riley in the wrong - Lampard red card must be rescinded and Bosingwa should be charged[LNB]Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0: All the action as it happened[LNB]Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0: Torres at the double to put Merseysiders two points behind leaders as Lampard sees red[LNB]CHELSEA FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NET[LNB]LIVERPOOL FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NET[LNB][LNB] [LNB]
