Leicester Receive Explanation as to Why They Weren't Awarded a Penalty in Carabao Cup Semi-Final

​Leicester City have received an explanation as to why they were not awarded a penalty when the ball struck the arm of Aston Villa's Marvelous Nakamba in the penalty area during their Carabao Cup semi-final second leg - but it has left manager Brendan Rodgers even more confused.

The Foxes were trailing by a goal when James Maddison's shot was blocked by Nakamba in the penalty area, and it had appeared to come off his hand and deny the ball from going on target. Leicester went on to lose the game and were knocked out, and were extremely unhappy with the decision to not be awarded a penalty. 

However, they have now been told that Nakamba's hand was not in an unnatural position, which has left Rodgers extremely puzzled. 

As quoted by the Leicester Mercury, he said: “We were told that [Nakamba’s arm] wasn’t in an unnatural position.

“We were getting clarity around both, because there were a couple of incidents. Had they seen the right incident?

“I don’t like to go on too much about it because it’s gone, you can’t do anything about it. But for me it was more about the game, because we had two of our most experienced referees in that game against Villa, one in the game and one outside in VAR.

“That was where we needed clarity because if they’re not seeing it... I can understand a little bit, Mike [Dean not seeing the incident], in the game, where it happens so quickly and there’s a couple of quick incidents and then it’s a corner, but then for it to go to VAR, I wanted to ask the question: ‘What is actually handball?’

“It’s just the consistency, that’s what we’re all looking for. That decision away at Villa, if you don’t get that, it’s difficult to say what is a handball.

“I spoke to the ​Premier League representatives and that’s a Premier League handball but you’ve got one of your top referees from the Premier League refereeing. And it’s a big moment, because it’s early in the game and it can change it.”