Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri lamented his team s fortune with VAR after they saw a late winner chalked off in a 2-2 home draw with Salernitana.
Arkadiusz Milik looked to have won the game with a 94th minute header from a corner, but VAR disallowed the goal after the ball took a slight nick off Leonardo Bonucci, who was stood in an offside position.
Bonucci had levelled the match just a minute previously with a rebound from his own missed penalty, as Juventus came back from a 2-0 half-time deficit to earn a point.
In addition to Milik s goal being ruled out, the striker was given a second yellow card for his overzealous celebration. A scuffle ensued which saw Juve s Juan Cuadrado and Salernitana s Federico Fazio given straight reds, while Allegri also received his marching orders for his part in the altercation.
Allegri spoke on his VAR frustrations after the game, telling reporters: I can t give interpretations because I m not a referee, you have to accept the decisions. I think the referee was good.
On the goal I would like to see the image where you can see [Antonio] Candreva who is in front of the ball where the corner is taken. I would like to know if there is an image where Candreva is seen.
Since the beginning of the season we are a bit unlucky with this VAR, we can say this.
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Allegri, in his second spell as Juve head coach, was disappointed with his team s first-half reaction to going a goal behind through former Bianconeri wide-man Antonio Candreva, before Krzysztof Piatek doubled the visitors lead just before the break.
Let s analyse the game. We played 20 minutes very well, then after the goal we stopped, Allegri added.
Sooner or later it had to happen to go behind, I wanted to see the reaction. It was the first time we were at a disadvantage and my curiosity was to see how we would react. We didn t react well.
Then in the second half we played a good match. Salernitana played a good game and I have to congratulate [Davide] Nicola.
