Video: Pogba slams refs

Brendan Bradford

Video: Pogba slams refs image

Paul Pogba lambasted referee Cuneyt Cakir after the Turkish official turned down Juventus' appeals for what could have proved a crucial penalty in the 3-1 UEFA Champions League final defeat to Barcelona.

Ivan Rakitic got Barca off to a flying start in Berlin on Saturday berfore Alvaro Morata pulled one back for Juve nine minutes into the second half. 

Goals to Luis Suarez and Neymaw wrapped up Barcelona's Treble, but Pogba was left incensed when he wasn't given a penalty moments before Suarez netted Barca's second. 

 

 

"I should have had a penalty," he told Sky Sport Italia. "I think the referee made some mistakes, but that's football. We can't do anything about it. We have to learn from this."

 

Pogba acknowledged that Barcelona were the better team on the day and were worth their triumph, securing the second treble in the club's history.

"We tried our best and Barcelona were better than us - congratulations to them," he added. "We believed we could do it and when we scored we thought we could win the game. 

"When they scored the second our heads were a bit down, but we tried and tried again and they scored at the end."

Brendan Bradford