Motherwell denied ‘clear penalty’ early on – Askoupublished at 17:50 BST 4 April
17:50 BST 4 April
FT: Motherwell 2-3 Falkirk
Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou tells BBC Scotland: “Falkirk deserve all the credit they’ve had. They’re a brilliant football team and I put them up there among the best. Congratulations to them for the win and what they’ve achieved so far.
“In terms of intentions, willpower, work rate, our performance was good but there were a lot of moments where we should have been better. Both in attacking moments, leading to attacks, but also there were moments to score goals we didn’t take but there were moments we lost the ball in critical places where we have to be better.
“When we play against the best then we need, sometimes, the things we cannot control to also go our way, so far this season that has not happened. I have been hoping that, eventually, it will go our way.
“There’s a clear penalty on Tawanda Maswanhise, it is very clear Liam Henderson wipes him out. That’s a clear penalty and a potential red card. After seven minutes we should have been 1-1. It was a massively decisive moment that, for some reason, they cannot get right.
“I think the penalty against Ibrahim Said is very debatable. I have seen situations like that many, many times where those situations haven’t been given as a penalty.”