„Manchester City“ club in the UEFA Champions League crushed Donetsk's „Šachtar“ club 6-0, but after a resounding victory, most of the talk was not about it, but about one episode of the match, writes lrytas.lt.
In the match, Hungarian referee Victor Kasssai awarded a penalty to the visitors' goal, which should not have been given at all.
In the 24th minute of the match, „Man City“ player Raheem Sterling dribbled past „Šachtar“ defender Mykola Matvienko and prepared to shoot, but tripped on his own feet and fell over the advertising boards.
Immediately, the whistle sounded, and to everyone's surprise - the referee pointed to the penalty spot.
Can't believe the #Shakhtar defender wasn't shown the red card for this assault on Raheem Sterling for the #ManCity penalty. Fantastic. #MCISHA #UCL pic.twitter.com/PykYUOrOFj - MatchedBettingGuru (@matchedbets10) November 7, 2018
Representing Manchester's club, Gabriel Jesus stepped up to take the penalty, and the result became 2-0. The Champions League does not use Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology, which would have easily solved this situation.
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