Valencia CF19 December 2020

Gayà: "I touched the ball and I didn't push Griezmann"

The captain talks about the penalty given against him in the match at the Camp Nou

José Luis Gayà talked to VCF Media after the game against FC Barcelona, giving his side of a controversial penalty call made against him in the first half of the 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou.

"He gave the penalty and sent me off because he thought that I had pushed him (Griezmann). He didn't see any lower body contact. Then he was told by VAR that there wasn't a push, and to go and review the incident. That was when he saw that there wasn't a push, and that there was light contact," said the captain.

"In slow-motion and from the way the footage looks, it appears like it, but I got the ball and my momentum meant that I touched him. I clearly touched the ball and I put my hand on him. I didn't push him. At no time did I push him. The referee went to look at it and in the end he withdrew the red card."

 

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