Rúben Dias outraged, ex-Benfica man fumes over Newcastle foul | OneFootball

Rúben Dias did not hide his outrage at the way the referee validated one of Newcastle’s goals. According to the former Benfica footballer, one of the goals scored by the Magpies came from a foul on Gianluigi Donnarumma, the Manchester City goalkeeper. The Citizens would end up losing 2-1.

"Of all the decisions, only the second goal was problematic – I think the rules should be clarified," said Rúben Dias in statements to Sky Sports, addressing the incident of Newcastle’s second goal, where Barnes pushes Donnarumma out of the goal.

"Because what sense does it make for an opposing player to push our goalkeeper out of the goal? What do we allow and to what extent? Sometimes it’s allowed, other times it’s not. Where is the rule? What can you really do?" questioned the Citizens’ number 3, who was responsible for Pep Guardiola’s team’s goal.

Next, the Portuguese international – who was taking part in an anti-bullying awareness campaign – stated that he noticed what had happened: "On the second goal, Gigio was in his place, but he was pushed out of there. And there are no consequences. It’s allowed. I managed to watch it back, on the pitch I didn’t even notice."

"I thought it was strange that he was out of position, so we immediately knew something wasn’t right. But on the replay I saw that Barnes pushed him out of the goal. We are so sensitive to certain contacts, but we allow something like this against the goalkeeper? It is what it is," concluded the former Benfica player.

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