Van Persie noticed the man-advantage to Fortuna and protested on the sidelines before Dahlhaus eventually came off. A minute later, Fortuna equalised through a corner to snatch three points away from Heereveen.
“I find what preceded that goal very special,” Van Persie said post-match. “Fortuna Sittard had twelve men on the field for a minute before that throw-in. Apparently that is allowed and possible. You can’t imagine that? That it is simply allowed.”
“Normally I never talk to referees and always let them do their job, but it can’t be that they play with twelve men. That’s unthinkable. So I asked the fourth official: ‘Shouldn’t you do something about that?'”
When asked what he’d like to see done, Van Persie said: “For example, reverse that goal. You can’t play with twelve men against eleven. I really can’t understand that. I think this is really scandalous.”
The former Manchester United and Arsenal forward took over at Heerenveen in May last year. His side are 10th in the Eredivisie after 21 games.
Information from ESPN Netherlands contributed to this report.
