Neil Critchley's Hearts penalty gripe branded 'ridiculous' as Copenhagen boss tells him why it didn't matter anyway
dailyrecord.co.ukCopenhagen boss Jacob Neestrup has fired back at Hearts counterpart Neil Critchley’s penalty moan - branding it “ridiculous” and insisting his side would have won Thursday’s Euro tie regardless.Critchley blasted ref Andrea Colombo over his decision to award the Danes a 78th minute spot kick after a VAR review of Craig Gordon’s challenge on Amin Chiakha.
Kevin Diks netted from 12 yards to make the score 2-0. Furious Critchley dubbed the decision “really poor” and said it torpedoed his plan to throw everything at a late leveller.
However, home boss Neestrup shot down that suggestion and said: “I think it's a penalty. Amin touched the ball and then the goalie...
there’s a collision.“To be honest, as I said to the Danish journalists, I think it's ridiculous to talk about that penalty because it was not decisive for the game.
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