James Maddison 'baffled' by controversial VAR penalty call against Aston Villa

Aston Villa stunned Leicester City at Villa Park to book a place in the Carabao Cup final. Matt Targett gave Aston Villa the lead in the first half before Kelechi Iheanacho equalised for Leicester City. However, winger Trezeguet scored in the injury time to seal a 3-2 aggregate victory for Aston Villa. A night where Dean Smith's Villa produced a stellar display, Leicester players, particularly James Maddison thought his side were denied a clear penalty in the first half.

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James Maddison criticising referee over penalty call 

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James Maddison expressed his frustration on social media after referee Mike Dean failed to award Leicester City a penalty in their Carabao Cup semi-final defeat to Aston Villa. Maddison took to Twitter to question the Mike Dean and VAR on how they missed out on the penalty decision. 

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Leicester City were trailing 1-0 in the game (2-1 in the tie) when James Maddison's curling shot struck the arm of Marvelous Nakamba in the first half. Had a penalty been awarded, Leicester would have had the opportunity to level the game from the spot. A possible handball was checked by VAR but the officials didn't see enough to award a penalty.

James Maddison tweeted 24 hours after Leicester City were knocked out of the competition stating he was bitterly disappointed to miss out on a cup final to Wembley. Maddison lauded Villa's efforts for making it to the final but insisted his side should have had a penalty.

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Aston Villa will face the defending champions Manchester City at Wembley on March 1, 2019. 

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