Mason Mount has admitted that he feels Daniel Siebert got the decision to send Fikayo Tomori off wrong during last night’s game between AC Milan and Chelsea.
The major talking point of the game came in the 18th minute as Siebert pointed to the penalty spot and showed Tomori a red card after adjudging him to have hauled back Mount, even though the midfielder managed to get his shot away.
Jorginho converted the penalty and then Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored against his former club again to fire the Blues to the top of the group, meaning they on course to progress to the knockout stages while Milan’s fate hangs in the balance.
After Jorginho admitted that the red card was harsh, Mount has now spoken to the official Chelsea website to give his thoughts on the incident given that he was at the centre of it and did not even appear to appeal.
“He’s obviously my mate, I’ve known Fik for a very long time and I felt for him in that situation, I was gutted for him. I don’t think it was a sending off. Was it a penalty? Maybe yes. I’m an honest player and I want to try to score a goal and he pulled me back a little bit but I feel for him for that decision. It’s a tough one,” he said.
“I felt him trying to pull me back but I was running to goal so I wasn’t going to go down and I felt like I could still have an opportunity to score. So I carried on going, didn’t score and then obviously the ref blew up and gave a pen straight away. I was probably a bit surprised at the time because I’ve still gone through and had a shot.
“It was hard to see him get sent off. You still want to be playing 11 v 11 and going at it with two good teams, so it maybe ruined the game a bit. It was massive for us and we obviously wanted to win the game, which we did, but I still feel for Fik a lot.”
Wow, respect to Mount for being so honest.
He says it all.
Ofc the scoresheet can’t be changed with his comment.
Wow even the player said he went through and had the shot. And the pen was a maybe. Wow 😂😂🤣🤣
He can comment anything he wants to. The match was already over afterall
Come to us mount. We need brahem adioz replacement.
Good man
Even though it doesn’t change anything this is still class. Need more men like this in the game, it’s way to sissified these days. Good on ya Mason, earned a fan in me after this series of games with his work rate, quality, and now some class.
Not often you hear this from an opposing player. Respect mount.
Respect to Mount and Joghnio for speaking the truth. The referee was so biased even the player in the involvement admitted.
Maybe yes = maybe no
Even Mount wasn’t sure if that should be a penalty.
Maybe yes? laugh out loud…..
I saw you were afraid to tell the truth during the game and the referee gave a penalty and a red card