Mount, admission comes: Milan increasingly bitter

“I don’t think it was an expulsion foul.”

He was, along with Rossoneri Fikayo Tomori, the protagonist of the key episode in Milan-Chelsea. Mason Mount, a Blues player, caused the penalty and subsequent sending off of Milan’s English defender, effectively steering the match in favor of the Londoners.

The anger, from the parts of Via Aldo Rossi and on the fields of Milanello, is still great for having seen a match compromised by a refereeing decision that was almost unanimously called ‘excessive’. And perhaps the Rossoneri’s regrets will certainly not have diminished after reading the statements Mount himself made the day after the match to the Blues’ official channels.

“Fik is a mate of mine, I’ve known him for a long time and I felt very sorry for him,” the British talent began. “I don’t think it was an expulsion foul. Was it a penalty? Maybe it was. I felt he was trying to pull me from behind as I was running toward the goal. I kept running because I felt I could still try to score, then I couldn’t do it and the referee immediately blew the penalty. It was not good to see Fik sent off. The game in my opinion should have continued 11 on 11, the referee maybe spoiled the play a little bit. For us it was obviously great because we wanted to win, which we did. But I am still very sorry for Tomori,” he concluded.