‘How a Premier League referee decides this isn’t a penalty baffles me’: James Maddison slams VAR
James Maddison has revealed his frustration after referee Mike Dean failed to award Leicester a penalty in their Carabao Cup semi-final defeat by Aston Villa.
Maddison tweeted nearly 24 hours after Leicester were dumped out of the competition that he was ‘baffled’ as to why a spot kick wasn’t awarded when his shot struck the arm of Marvelous Nakamba in the first half.
Leicester were trailing 2-1 in the tie when the incident happened and they would have had a chance to level the game from the spot had a penalty been awarded.
James Maddison was left ‘baffled’ by the decision not to award Leicester a penalty on Tuesday
Maddison’s effort from outside the box in the first half struck Marvelous Nakamba on the arm
Maddison took to Twitter to air his frustration after he felt the officials had made the wrong call
He wrote on Twitter that he didn’t want to make excuses but felt aggrieved at the decision
A possible handball was checked by VAR but the officials didn’t see enough to award a penalty.
Kelechi Iheanacho did level the tie with 18 minutes to go but Trezeguet sent Villa to Wembley with an injury-time winner to seal a 3-2 aggregate victory.
In a tweet, which included a clip of the incident in the 35th-minute, Maddison wrote: ‘Bitterly disappointed to miss out on a cup final at Wembley.
‘Fair play to Aston Villa for getting to the final. Not making any excuses but how a Premier League referee watching this from multiple angles several times comes to the conclusion that this isn’t a penalty baffles me.’
Maddison jokingly confronts referee Mike Dean after the incident was reviewed by VAR
