sport news Euro 2020: Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger insist England's penalty should've ...

sport news Euro 2020: Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger insist England's penalty should've ...
sport news Euro 2020: Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger insist England's penalty should've ...

They haven't always seen eye-to-eye but, for once, Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger have agreed that England should not have been awarded the penalty which led to their winning goal against Denmark on Wednesday.

With the tense semi-final sent to extra-time after Simon Kjaer's own goal cancelled out Mikkel Damsgaard's superb opener, England were controversially awarded a spot-kick by referee Danny Makkelie after Raheem Sterling went down in the box.

Replays showed that little contact was made during the challenge on Sterling, which saw the England superstar accused of 'diving' as a result by rivals fans. 

England were awarded a contentious penalty in extra-time after Raheem Sterling went down

England were awarded a contentious penalty in extra-time after Raheem Sterling went down

Jose Mourinho insists it was 'never a penalty' for England

Arsene Wenger was left baffled as to why VAR didn't intervene

Jose Mourinho (left) and Arsene Wenger (right) agreed VAR should've overturned the penalty

Harry Kane stepped up to take the high-pressure penalty, which was saved by Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, before the England captain slotted home the rebound to send his country into the Euro 2020 final. 

Makkelie's call in the 102nd minute of the game has since dominated headlines, with many left baffled why VAR didn't intervene and at least ask the match official to take a second look.

Legendary Arsenal boss Wenger was one of those in the 'no penalty' camp and believes the Dutch referee was let down by his video assistants. 

'No penalty,' Wenger said on beIN SPORTS. 'I don't understand why they don't ask the referee to have a look at it.

Wenger believes referee Danny Makkelie (left) was let down by VAR over the decision

Wenger believes referee Danny Makkelie (left) was let down by VAR over the decision

'In a moment like that, it's important that the referee is absolutely convinced that it was a penalty. It was not clear enough to say: 'yes it is,' and at least he should have had a look on the screen.

'I don't know why the VAR didn't ask him to go. For me, it was no penalty, no. I think that VAR has let the referee down, not Denmark. Denmark is a bit unfortunate.

'I understand that it's difficult for the referee, but he must have a look at it.'

Mourinho was in full agreement with his long-time

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