Mediaset journalist picks out four crucial errors the referee made in Milan’s win over Napoli

SportMediaset journalist Maurizio Pistocchi believes that referee Paolo Valeri made four big mistakes during Milan’s 3-1 win over Napoli.

There were a number of contentious incidents within the game, including a potential foul in the build-up for Napoli’s goal to make it 1-2 and a foul by Ibrahimovic on Koulibaly that may have been an elbow.

According to Pistocchi, the referee Valeri made a mistake twice on the latter incident as he believes it should have been a red card and the game should have been stopped immediately because of a head injury.

L’arbitro Valeri-1^giallo a Bakayoko inesistente-sbaglia due volte anche sul contatto Ibra/Koulibaly :il braccio sx di Ibra va verso il basso, il pugno é chiuso, la gomitata è intenzionale.
Cartellino rosso📕E gioco da interrompere immediatamente ( calciatore colpito alla testa) pic.twitter.com/rWkGdPfpYe

— Maurizio Pistocchi (@pisto_gol) November 23, 2020

He goes on to add that it was not a yellow card for Bakayoko’s first caution which came after a coming together with Alexis Saelemaekers, and it was not a foul committed by Kessie on Fabian Ruiz that had the Ivorian bearing down on goal.

Finally, he adds that it was a foul by Bakayoko on Kessie in the build-up to Napoli’s goal to halve the deficit as the Frenchman swiped the Ivorian’s legs out from under him before Mertens went on to net.

Ci sono 4 errori gravi nella direzione di Valeri: 1. Non è da 📒il contatto Bakayoko/ Saelemakers 2. Non è fallo quello di Kessie-lanciato a rete su F.Ruiz 3. È 📕la gomitata di Ibra a Koulibaly e il gioco va fermato subito 4. È fallo di Bakayoko su Kessie nel gol di Mertens pic.twitter.com/y0KNpt1KU3

— Maurizio Pistocchi (@pisto_gol) November 23, 2020

A lot of Twitter users have responded to say that he is wrong about the Ibrahimovic-Koulibaly incident as he references a still image and not the video which makes the contact look more innocuous.