Inter-Liverpool, Slot is lapidary on the penalty that decided the match

The controversy over the penalty that decided the Inter-Liverpool Champions League match has not subsided. Nerazzurri fans cannot understand how the VAR could call the referee back and “force him” to whistle a penalty foul on Bastoni’s intervention on Wirtz. The (light) restraint cost Inter so much that, by now, they were anticipating the equalizer. Instead, came the penalty that sealed the second consecutive defeat, in the Champions League, for Chivu&#8217s team.

Fabrizio Ponciroli

In the post-match press conference, Slot gave a lucid answer to those who asked him about the disputed incident that decided the match: “I couldn&#8217t ask for better, we didn&#8217t concede anything but something before halftime. We had to accept a negative call (goal disallowed, ed) which is a bit’s the story of this season. We improved during the game and we were given a penalty as could have happened in ten other circumstances this year. You don&#8217t whistle certain penalties in the Premier League but the goal cancelled is more goal than the penalty whistled. Decisions are balanced, although it should not be so. I would rather score at 88’88’ than at 38′. So many times refereeing decisions have penalized us, such as the goal awarded to Brighton“, the words of the Reds coach.

In short, even for Slot the penalty was, so to speak, generous but the Liverpool coach is convinced that the goal cancelled to Konatè for a hand foul by Ekitike was a wrong decision by VAR. No reference, on the other hand, to van Dijk’s hand touch on Bisseck’s conclusion that sparked the ire of the Nerazzurri people, especially since VAR, in this case, did not call the referee back to take a closer look at the episode.

In short, Inter-Liverpool is not over yet, at least at the level of discussions. The penalty that decided the match did not go down well with anyone. Capello, someone who knows a thing or two about soccer, called it “shameful.”