‘We’re DOOMED!’: Graeme Souness fears for the future of football after Leicester were awarded a penalty for a foul by Newcastle’s Jamaal Lascelles on James Maddison in 4-0 Foxes win
- Leicester were given a controversial penalty in their 4-0 win over Newcastle
- James Maddison went down under the challenge of defender Jamaal Lascelles
- Maddison was accused of running into Lascelles’ legs then going down
- Both Graeme Souness and Eddie Howe slammed the awarding of the spot kick
Sky Sports’ Graeme Souness launched a furious rant saying football is ‘doomed’ after poor officiating in a weekend that saw a spate of questionable penalties awarded.
Leicester romped to a 4-0 win against Newcastle on Sunday but the game was a tight battle until James Maddison went down easily in the penalty area and won a spot-kick.
It was the seventh penalty in the Premier League weekend, the most in one matchday since September 2003, and pundit Souness was angered at the soft nature of the decision.
Graeme Souness says football is ‘doomed’ after Leicester City were handed a controversial penalty versus Newcastle United
James Maddison (middle) went down under Jamaal Lascelles’ challenge in the first-half
‘If we’re giving penalties for that we’re doomed,’ he said. ‘Maddison actually kicks himself. He gets himself in the air and runs into (Newcastle defender Jamaal) Lascelles.’
Although Newcastle captain Lascelles clearly hung out a lazy leg, the Leicester midfielder was accused of seeing it coming and deliberately playing for the foul.
Youri Tielemans converted from 12 yards and Leicester eased home after that – the Belgian adding a second goal to go with strikes from Patson Daka…
Source : dailymail
