"The referee on the pitch did well to assess the incident and then those in the VAR room did well to not call it out," he said (via MilanNews). "From the images you can clearly see that Pavlovic continues his run in a linear fashion, while the Sassuolo player doesn't try to protect the ball, but extends his leg to make contact with the opponent. Therefore, it was the correct decision not to award the penalty."
"The referee called a foul. Loftus-Cheek placed his hands on the Sassuolo player's back, but the intensity of the foul must be assessed," De Marco added. "VAR cannot intervene. But given the guidelines we've established this year, this cannot be considered a foul, so the goal should have been validated."
AC Milan drew 2-2 with Sassuolo after Ismael Kone opened the scoring and Davide Bartesaghi struck twice, with Armand Lauriente equalising late. Milan repeatedly failed to secure full points at home against newly promoted sides, adding to previous dropped points versus Cremonese, Parma and Pisa. Open VAR head Andrea De Marco judged that Pavlovic ran in a linear fashion and that the Sassuolo player extended a leg, so no penalty should be awarded. De Marco also stated that the disallowed Pulisic goal was incorrect because Loftus-Cheek's contact lacked sufficient intensity to constitute a foul.
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