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Bizarre referee 'fraud' complaint made to police by Schalke fan after Bayern loss

A Budesliga referee and VAR match official have been accused of fraud by a disgruntled Schalke supporter who submitted an official complaint to police following the club's defeat on Saturday.

David Wagner's side suffered a 3-0 defeat against champions Bayern Munich to keep them winless after the first two games of the new season, but one fan felt that his team had been unjustly cheated out of a result.

Both man in the middle Marco Fritz and video assistant Bastian Dankert were referred to police by the individual after the pair failed to award a pair of appeals for handball against Benjamin Pavard and Ivan Perisic in the second half, with Schalke trailing by two goals.