Sporting Director Riccardo Bigon after the game

“That moment with Hickey was a turning point, but we need to clarify the use of VAR. The referee and the linesmen are close and say nothing; you can’t just destroy a game like that. VAR cannot intervene there. It wasn’t a violent or dangerous challenge. This is the third time this season that we have been punished like this – after Samir’s foul on Orsolini against Udinese and the penalty that was chalked off against Lazio. VAR needs to intervene in key moments, not in episodes like that.”