Aspas throws VAR screen to the ground during draw vs Sevilla،
Celta Vigo captain Iago Aspas threw the VAR monitor to the ground after the on-field referee used it to overturn a late penalty decision that had been awarded in favor of Celta in their 1- 1 against Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday.
Aspas had been substituted as his side won 1-0, shortly after teammate Renato Tapia was sent off, and was on the sidelines as Sevilla striker Youssef En-Nesyri equalized in the 84th minute.
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However, 10-man Celta thought they had a chance to regain the lead and take all three points in the final minutes of the match when referee Alejandro Hernandez awarded a penalty, with Anastasios Douvikas adjudged to have been pulled to the ground by Jesus Navas.
Aspas was apparently furious after Hernandez reversed his initial decision following VAR advice and the former Liverpool striker vented his frustrations on the pitchside monitor before being sent off by a Celta coach.
“The scales always tip the same way,” Aspas told DAZN Sport after the final whistle. “And today, when it could have favored us, he goes to VAR to see it when all of Spain has seen it.
“We’ve been through 12 days and in seven matches the balance is still in the other direction. We want to be the best league in the world and we’re not moving forward like that.”
Celta, coached by former Real Madrid and Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez, are 18th in the La Liga table having won just one of their 12 matches so far this season.
Benitez previously hit VAR when his side were denied a goal in their 2-1 La Liga defeat at Las Palmas on October 3.
Celta thought they had opened the scoring in the first half through Jørgen Strand Larsen, but this was disallowed after a VAR review ruled that Las Palmas defender Mika Mármol had been fouled during of the preparation.
“How can we not lose in the end? If we score a legal goal and they take it away from you,” Benitez said in his post-match interview.
“In this game, my player is in front, he is in front, I am looking at him right now. I don’t understand where the foul is. We will have to play something else if it is a foul.
“Everyone can see, it makes no sense to call these things. It’s not possible, it’s football. We’re not talking about ping-pong. We’re continually rowing against the tide. “
