Borussia Dortmund clinched an extremely fortunate away win in Frankfurt, which they certainly had to thank the referee for. In addition to some 50:50 decisions, which mostly failed for Dortmund, emotions boiled over, especially because Eintracht refused to take a penalty. Karim Adeyemi had thrown Jesper Lindström in the penalty area and miraculously got away with it. Adeyemi and Referee Stegemann spoke afterwards.

Even in the age of VAR, hardly a weekend goes by without making game-changing mistakes. This also happened in the top game between Frankfurt and Dortmund. When shortly before the break, BVB professional Karim Adeyemi pushed Frankfurt's Jesper Lindström clearly in the penalty area, the Hessians waited in vain for the whistle to be blown. Even a crucial VAR procedure by Dr. Robert Kampka and his colleagues in the Cologne basement stayed away.

On the field, Stegemann was confronted with angry Frankfurters and then forced to explain his point of view to Sky. "The situation for me on the field was that there was normal physical contact between Adeyemi and Lindstrom. But I couldn't see a clear foul, no clear impulse, just normal physical contact," said the referee. Stegemann also reported this to Kölner Keller, who checked the situation but did not classify it as clearly wrong. Accordingly, he was not asked to look at the situation himself in the review area. However, Stegemann also admitted that the missed penalty was ultimately the wrong decision. "Yes, when I now see the pictures with the corresponding camera perspectives, then you have to clearly state that there should have been a penalty for Eintracht Frankfurt. Because the facts are different in the slow motion and the TV pictures than for me on the Playing field. Just that there is a clear impulse with both hands - even if they weren't completely stretched out at the end of the day. But it was enough to bring down the player Lindström," was his final statement. Stegemann also announced that he and his team would "work up the scene in the next few days".

In the meantime, BVB player Karim Adeyemi has also made a statement, but was unreasonable. "It wasn't a foul for me. I don't know, I felt body to body with him. That's why I thought the referee was right," said the offensive player to Sport1. A statement that is a little reminiscent of the legendary words of Timo Werner, who also did not admit guilt after his clear swallow in the duel against Schalke.

This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as excitement over missed penalty: Stegemann and Adeyemi speak up.