Leicester City goalkeeper, Kasper Schmeichel, has admitted he is not sure if the referee was right to hand his team a penalty against Manchester City in Saturday’s Community Shield game.
City defender, Nathan Ake, was robbed of the ball by Kelechi Iheanacho and he ended up fouling the attacker in the danger zone.
Referee Paul Tierney opted to play the advantage, but Zack Steffen pulled a fantastic save to deny Patson Daka.
However, Tierney blew his whistle and pointed to the spot where Iheanacho rose to the occasion and scored the winner to earn his team their first silverware of the new campaign.
“I thought we passed through them quite well in the first half, and then we got the goal at the end,” Schmeichel said as quoted by LeicesterMercury.
“I am not sure about the [penalty] ruling, but I am biased towards goalkeepers. We get the chance and their goalkeeper makes the save, but then there is the penalty, so you are getting two chances, two bites of the cherry almost.
“I feel for their keeper, he has made a great save, but that is secondary, winning is the most important thing for us.”