Galaxy cry foul over denied penalty

Visiting Galaxy protested against the match official’s decision not to award a penalty towards the end of the match, which ended goalies.

A ball had hit the hand of a Royal defender and referee Tshidiso Maruping, who was not far from the action waved play-on. Rockets head coach Sead Ramovic says all they are asking for is fairness.

"They had a good opportunity with the penalty but they didn't score. In the end there was a clear penalty for us, if that was not a penalty then I don't know what a penalty is. 

I said it many times that I want a fair game on both sides, so if the opponent gets a penalty because we played the ball with a hand, that should be a penalty. The same way if it's the other opponent," Ramovic said.

In contrast, Royal were awarded a penalty in the 76th minute, which they failed to convert. Ramovic is concerned these decisions are far too frequent.

"It's not the first time where we get a clear penalty but not rewarded one. This is why I would like the media to ask the referee why he didn't give the penalty. Everybody saw it was a clear hand and this is why I got so angry  because the fantastic work from my players didn't get us the results that we should have gotten. 

We should have gotten a penalty, maybe we could have missed also but we deserved that penalty. It's just a fair game," he concluded.