Galatasaray of Turkey’s coach, Okan Buruk has blamed the match referee for the fractured arm suffered by Victor Osimhen during their UEFA Champions League clash away to Liverpool of England on Wednesday.
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Sports247 reports that Osimhen did not enter for the second half of his side’s 4-0 defeat by Liverpool in their round of 16 second leg, as he suffered an arm injury after colliding with Liverpool defender, Ibrahima Konaté.
The incident occurred just ten minutes into the game at Anfield, where Konaté landed on Osimhen’s arm, leaving the Super Eagles’ star screaming in excruciating pain, but many of Liverpool’s players thought he was over reacting.
However, Buruk alleged that Konaté’s physical contact was intentional, as The Reds knew Galatasaray would struggle without the presence of Osimhen, who had to bow out of the game and eventually ended the night with his arm in a cast.
Buruk blamed the centre referee for allowing the physical challenge on Osimhen go unpunished and confirmed that the striker was forced off the pitch because the pain in his arm kept on worsening as he struggled to continue playing.
The gaffer stated, “We had to take him out of the game because his pain worsened. Looking at Osimhen’s position, we saw that Konaté was able to commit these fouls very easily. Perhaps one of the worst referees officiated the game.”
Sports247 gathered further that Galatasaray are threatening legal action after one of Osimhen’s teammates, Noa Lang suffered a thumb injury during their same match at Anfield, where his hand was entangled within parts of an advertising board.
He was given oxygen, carried back to the dressing room on a stretcher and rushed to hospital, but Gala are now seeking compensation for his injury, which occurred during the latter stages of their 4-0 defeat on Wednesday.
Galatasaray’s general-secretary, Eray Yazga told HTSpor, “We made a complaint to UEFA representatives after the match. We are in talks with lawyers. We will file a lawsuit for compensation to UEFA.”
Both injured pals shared a Facetime call on Thursday and appear to have taken comfort at finding themselves in a similar situation to each other, as Lang posted a shot of them both grinning and wrote ‘Twin’ with a heart emoji.
