Scolari demands apology over offside Robin van Persie goal

Furious Luiz Felipe Scolari accused referee Mike Dean and his officials of "killing" Chelsea as Robin van Persie stunned Stamford Bridge to bring Arsenal back into the title race.

The Brazilian boss demanded a public apology and came close to alleging a conspiracy against his side as Chelsea lost a league game after leading for the first time in more than two years.

Van Persie was clearly offside as he converted Denilson's pass to cancel out Johan Djourou's own goal before claiming the winner with his ninth of the season.

And a steaming Scolari said: "I've been here for 15 Premier League games and never spoken about the referee but this is different.

"I want him to watch on television, see it was wrong and say sorry. The officials are not gods, they're not bad, they made a mistake "But in the first half, the same linesman gave Salomon Kalou offside when he wasn't.

"If we'd won, we'd have been 13 points ahead of them and the title would have been finished for them. What do you think I need to think? The offside killed my team."

Gunners chief Arsene Wenger said: "This was a massive win for us. If we'd lost we'd have been too far behind Chelsea."

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