"This is unfair."
"No player is unfairly smeared like Chen!"
After the match against Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid and Barcelona returned to the same level on the league standings.
At the post-match press conference, Pellegrini faced the cameras indignantly: "Athletic Bilbao didn't even want to play football in this match, they were just making tackles all the time."
"It was a barbaric act."
"If they were playing against Barcelona, they certainly wouldn't have done this!"
Pellegrini's remarks also caused dissatisfaction among some fans. Fernando Llorente of Athletic Bilbao directly retorted in front of the cameras: "We defended our home ground's dignity with courage."
The Catalonia Region media sarcastically commented: "The hunter was almost defeated by the lion."
