Schalke fan reports referee and VAR to police

A disgruntled Schalke fan has asked police investigate the club’s recent Bundesliga defeat to Bayern Munich.

The fan accused experienced referee Marco Fritz and video assistant Bastian Dankert of fraud over their decisions in the Bundesliga encounter, police in Gelsenkirchen said.

“A Schalke fan made a complaint against the referee and video referee because of fraud,” North Rhine-Westphalia Police confirmed on Twitter.

“Reason: two penalties that were not given against Bayern. Police are examining the case.”

Fritz turned down a pair of Schalke appeals for handball in the box – against Benjamin Pavard and Ivan Perisic – with Bayern leading by two goals in the second half.

Bayern went on to win 3-0 courtesy of a Robert Lewandowski hat-trick.

The incidents did not involve using VAR and Fritz would later tell German broadcaster ZDF he did not receive any alert of an error from Dankert.

Neither incident involved VAR intervention. Fritz later told German broadcaster ZDF he did not receive any alert of an error from Dankert.