Maurizio Sarri was left perplexed on the choice to award Harry Kane a penalty as Chelsea went all the way down to a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham of their Carabao Cup semi-final tie at Wembley.
Kane scored the winner from the penalty spot after he was fouled within the field by Kepa Arrizabalaga following a Video Assistant Referee examine.
Nevertheless, Sarri’s grievance with the awarding of the penalty was as a result of he felt Kane was stood in an offside place beforehand.
On the time of the incident, the VAR angle advised Kane was onside and the right name had been made as you possibly can see under.
However new footage of the incident from a unique angle, which was extra in keeping with Kane really confirmed his head and knee in an offside place – suggesting the penalty mustn’t have been awarded within the first place.
Talking to talkSPORT’s Ian Abrahams after the sport, Sarri mentioned: “I solely noticed the video from our digicam and our digicam was in keeping with Kane and he was offside together with his head and his knee.”
VAR is presently present process a trial part within the English sport with the system not getting used within the Premier League.
And Sarri advised the confusion it prompted throughout the sport additionally value his crew the outcome as his gamers have been influenced by the linesman’s authentic choice to flag Kane offside.
Sarri added: “I feel that if the system isn’t within the Premier League then it’s very unusual that the system is within the Carabao Cup as a result of I feel we’ve got to arrange the referees as a result of they don’t seem to be used to the system.
“I feel as a result of the linesman stopped the run he didn’t comply with the ball in so I feel that he had an enormous affect on our defenders.
“They want time. In Italy it was the identical – within the first interval there was a little bit of confusion after which they added within the third assistant so now they’re used to utilizing the system.”
Whatever the penalty choice, Chelsea can think about themselves unfortunate for not getting one thing out of the sport.
The Blues hit the submit twice, first from N’Golo Kante after which from Callum Hudson-Odoi’s deflected cross.
However regardless of their scoring woes, Sarri was content material together with his facet’s utility, saying: “Sure on this second of the season it’s not straightforward for us to attain.
“We have now to resolve this drawback however I feel with these form of performances we will rating rather a lot sooner or later.
“It’s essential for us to proceed on this utility, dedication.
“We didn’t rating at this time however we have been harmful, we performed numerous balls within the opposing field.”
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