Referee Damir Skomina was RIGHT to award Liverpool first-minute penalty after Sadio Mane's cross hit Moussa Sissoko on the arm Liverpool awarded a penalty after 21 seconds after contentious handball call Sadio Mane's cross struck the underarm of Tottenham's Moussa Sissoko Slovenian referee Damir Skomina had little hesitation in pointing to the spot Mohamed Salah scored from 12 yards to ignite the Champions League final Liverpool beat Spurs 2-0 to be crowned European champions for sixth time
By Chris Foy for The Mail on Sunday
Published: 22:29 BST, 1 June 2019 | Updated: 00:07 BST, 2 June 2019
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It was an incredible start to a Champions League final and the referee - and VAR - got it absolutely spot on.
It was tough on Moussa Sissoko and tough on Spurs but the bottom line is that Damir Skomina got the big call right.
Sadio Mane's cross hit Sissoko on the arm because the Tottenham man put his arm out. He effectively made his body unnaturally bigger and because of that the referee has to award a penalty.
