Mata had a lengthy wait before he could take aim from the spot when VAR intervened and suggested referee Mike Dean check the pitchside monitor after Donny van de Beek was felled by Romain Saiss. And Juan had a message for our regular penalty-taker, his good friend Bruno Fernandes.
“They took a long time to check it,”
he said.
“On the pitch, I felt it was a penalty, but they took their time.
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It’s never easy when you have to wait, but, fortunately, it was a good pen. The goalkeeper went to the other side… Bruno [had] better watch out now! [Smiles]
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