De Zerbi: Referee was not calm, he was feeling the pressure

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Following a lengthy on-field check, Gillett overturned his initial decision and awarded a penalty to Leeds.

Spurs then had a penalty appeal of their own in the 103rd minute when James Maddison went down inside the area after feeling contact from Lukas Nmecha, but VAR checked and cleared the incident, sticking with Gillett's on-field decision of no penalty.

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The controversy surrounding match officiating comes just over 24 hours after West Ham had their late equaliser disallowed against Arsenal for a foul on David Raya by striker Pablo inside the area.

When asked about the decision-making from match officials during the game, De Zerbi said: "I think they were not calm today, maybe they suffered the pressure of yesterday's Arsenal game.

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"For sure we suffered the pressure today. We didn't play with passion with the ball, too frenetic but also the referee was not calm today.

"I can't understand the polemic about yesterday's VAR because it was 200 per cent a foul, not 100 per cent, 200 per cent."

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