Maurizio Sarri was left perplexed at the decision to award Harry Kane a penalty as Chelsea went down to a 1-0 defeat to Tottenham in their Carabao Cup semi-final tie at Wembley.
Kane scored the winner from the penalty spot after he was fouled in the box by Kepa Arrizabalaga following a Video Assistant Referee check.
Kane dispatched what proved to be the winning goal
However, Sarri’s grievance with the awarding of the penalty was because he felt Kane was stood in an offside position beforehand.
At the time of the incident, the VAR angle suggested Kane was onside and the correct call had been made as you can see below.
But new footage of the incident from a different angle, which was more in line with Kane actually showed his head and knee in an offside position – suggesting the penalty should not have been awarded in the first place.
Speaking to talkSPORT’s Ian Abrahams after the game, Sarri said: “I only saw the video from our camera and our camera was in line with Kane and he was offside with his head and his knee.”
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Sarri takes another look at the penalty incident
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This angle suggests Kane was offside in the build-up
VAR is currently undergoing a trial phase in the English game with the system not being used in the Premier League.
And Sarri suggested the confusion it caused during the game also cost his team the result as his players were influenced by the linesman’s original decision to flag Kane offside.
Sarri added: “I think that if the system isn’t in the Premier League then it’s very strange that the system is in the Carabao Cup because I think we have to prepare the referees because they are not used to the system.
“I think because the linesman stopped the run he didn’t follow the ball in so I think that he had a big influence on our defenders.
Sarri and Chelsea feel hard-done by after the decision
“They need time. In Italy it was the same – in the first period there was a bit of confusion and then they added in the third assistant so now they’re used to using the system.”
Regardless of the penalty decision, Chelsea can consider themselves unlucky for not getting something out of the game.
The Blues hit the post twice, first from N’Golo Kante and then from Callum Hudson-Odoi’s deflected cross.
But despite their scoring woes, Sarri was content with his side’s application, saying: “Yes in this moment of the season it’s not easy for us to score.
“We have to solve this problem but I think with these kind of performances we can score a lot in the future.
“It’s very important for us to continue in this application, determination.
“We didn’t score today but we were dangerous, we played a lot of balls in the opposing box.”
This story was originally published by talkSPORT
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