Gareth Southgate says he was disappointed with the decision to give Hungary a penalty in England’s defeat in Budapest on Saturday night.
England were beaten 1-0 in the Hungarian capital as they began a new Nations League campaign in underwhelming fashion. The only goal of the game came in the second half from Dominik Szoboszlai, who buried a penalty following a contentious foul by Reece James.
James was adjudged to have brought down Zsolt Nagy in the box just minutes after coming on as a substitute for Trent Alexander-Arnold.
It appeared to be a soft decision from referee Artur Soares Dias, but it was not overturned by VAR.“Once it’s been given, he’s not going to overturn it,” Southgate told Channel 4. “You see challenges like that in the box, he’s just gone across to get his body between him and the ball.
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