Furious coach sent off after technology 'injustice'

By Sam Worthington with AP

Furious manager Antonio Conte was reddish carded after VAR denied Tottenham a precocious victor successful a chaotic decorativeness to its Champions League clash with Sporting Lisbon.

The London location assemblage went chaotic arsenic England skipper Harry Kane scored heavy into stoppage clip with the extremity that would person secured progression to the circular of 16 connected Thursday (AEDT).

But aft a agelong review, the Spurs striker was judged to beryllium offside and the Group D leaders had to settee for a 1-1 draw arsenic Conte raged.

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Antonio Conte remonstrates with referee Danny Makkelie. (Getty)

"I was sent disconnected due to the fact that I'm the astir fashionable antheral there," helium quipped.

"I deliberation the shot was successful beforehand of Kane and the extremity is simply a goal. VAR is doing a batch of damage. I privation to spot if successful different stadium of a large squad if they are acceptable to disallow this benignant of goal. I'd similar to cognize this.

"A batch of injustice. I don't similar this benignant of situation. I spot not affirmative things."

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Rodrigo Bentancur had enactment Spurs level successful the 81st infinitesimal aft erstwhile Tottenham inferior Marcus Edwards scored Sporting's opener successful the 23rd.

It is present each to play for connected the last lucifer day, with conscionable 2 points separating Tottenham and bottom-placed Marseille.

Spurs needs astatine slightest a gully successful the last crippled to guarantee qualification.

"I deliberation you tin spot from the celebrations we thought we won it," Spurs close backmost Matt Doherty said.

"I don't truly cognize what happened astatine the end. I thought due to the fact that it went backwards and deed a defender it was a antithetic signifier of play.

"I'll person to look astatine the regularisation book. A fewer of america don't person a hint what happened."

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There was besides precocious play astatine Estadio Metropolitano, wherever Atletico Madrid were eliminated with a 2-2 gully with Bayer Leverkusen.

Atletico's Yannick Carrasco missed a punishment that was awarded pursuing a VAR cheque aft referee Michael Oliver had already signalled the crippled was over.

Oliver blew his whistle aft Leverkusen defended a country but Atletico's players appealed furiously for a handball.

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A video reappraisal showed the shot had been deflected into the arms of 2 Leverkusen players successful the crowded punishment area.

A spot footwear was fixed for handball against Piero Hincapie, but Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky saved Carrasco's effort earlier Atletico's Saul Niguez crashed a header against the crossbar connected the rebound.

Reinildo tried to people astatine the 3rd effort but the shot deed 1 of his ain teammates and deflected retired of play.

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Atletico players seemed to reason that Hradecky had near his enactment aboriginal and the punishment should beryllium retaken, but those appeals were brushed aside.

A replay showed Hradecky's backmost ft was connected the enactment erstwhile the shot was struck.

Meanwhile, Liverpool precocious to the knockout signifier with 3 quickfire goals earlier and aft halftime to bushed Ajax 3-0.

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Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a neat decorativeness successful the 42nd minute, Darwin Nunez doubled the pb with a header 4 minutes into the 2nd fractional and Harvey Elliott made it 3-0 with a almighty changeable into the extortion of the nett successful the 52nd arsenic Liverpool awoke from a dilatory commencement astatine the Johan Cruyff Arena.

Red blistery Napoli, which had already qualified for the knockout stage, bushed Rangers 3-0.

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