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Footage reveals cause Manchester Metropolis penalty enchantment was turned down

Footage reveals cause Manchester Metropolis penalty enchantment was turned down

New footage reveals Manchester City’s penalty appeal was turned down in personal injury-time from RB Leipzig immediately after the ball struck Benjamin Henrichs on the shoulder

Gentleman Metropolis players appealed for a late penalty for handball from RB LeipzigFootage appeared to show Benjamin Henrichs blocking the ball with his handsA new angle was made to present the ball struck Henrichs on his shoulder

New footage has disclosed Manchester Metropolis have been denied a late penalty from RB Leipzig immediately after the ball struck defender Benjamin Henrichs on the shoulder instead than his hand.

Metropolis players appealed to the referee in the dying seconds of the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, which completed 1-1 in Leipzig.

Pep Guardiola’s facet have been convinced Henrichs experienced pushed the ball absent with his arms in the penalty place.

Appeals had been turned down by the referee, prompting astonishment from the pundits in the BT Sport studio.

Former Premier League referee Peter Walton in the beginning claimed the enchantment was not checked by VAR and said he thought Town should really have been awarded a penalty.

“We’ve had to wait around, but the good issue is we have cleared it up!!”

New angles emerge as Man City’s penalty promises search to appear off the defender’s shoulder…

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New footage showed the ball stirking RB Leipzig defender Benjamin Henrichs on the shoulder

New footage showed the ball stirking RB Leipzig defender Benjamin Henrichs on the shoulder

Initial footage had appeared to show the defender pushing the ball away with his hands

First footage experienced appeared to display the defender pushing the ball absent with his hands 

Manchester City players saw their appeals for a penalty turned down by the referee

Manchester City players saw their appeals for a penalty turned down by the referee

Footage was afterwards delivered by UEFA of a new angle, which confirmed the ball striking Henrichs on the shoulder.

BT Activity pundit Rio Ferdinand acknowledged the footage had cleared up the controversy, but questioned the length of time taken for angle to be supplied.

‘It seems like it [comes of his shoulder],’ Ferdinand reported on BT Sport.

‘It is continue to not a perfect angle. 

‘Thank you to UEFA for clearing that up two many years late.’

Metropolis experienced led the tie with Riyad Mahrez opening the scoring in the initially fifty percent in advance of Josko Gvardiol equalised for the hosts with a towering header after the split. 



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