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Daily Mirror
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Samuel Meade

Villarreal president rages at "scandalous" Liverpool decision and slams referee's display

Villarreal president Fernando Roig lamented the decision not to hand his side a penalty in their Champions League semi-final defeat to Liverpool.

The Spanish side were aiming to overturn a two-goal first-leg deficit and managed to level the tie by half-time. Their 2-0 lead could've been more however had Giovani Lo Celso been awarded a penalty after a clash with Alisson. The playmaker was scythed down by the Liverpool goalkeeper, but referee Danny Makkelie deemed that the Brazilian had got the ball.

That decision came at 1-0, before Francis Coquelin made it 2-0. Their efforts were in vain though as the quadruple chasers scored three second-half goals. It left Roig fuming and he took aim at the man in the middle after the La Liga side's Champions League journey came to an end.

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