CLAUDIO RANIERI CLAIMS Aboubakar Kamara disrespected him by taking Fulham’s late penalty before assigned spot-kick specialist Aleksandar Mitrovic saved the day.
Kamara seized the ball and argued with the Serbia international before failing to find the net from 12 yards, seemingly condemning Fulham to a goalless draw with Huddersfield Town.
However, Mitrovic ran clear to score a dramatic 91st-minute winner and Ranieri’s fury with Kamara had not been tempered by full-time.
“I said to Aboubakar Kamara to leave the ball to Aleksandar Mitrovic. He is the man who shoots the penalties,” Ranieri told BBC Sport.
It is unbelievable. [Kamara] did not respect me, the club, the team and the crowd. I spoke with him, it is not right. I wanted to kill him.
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“That is normal when one man takes a ball, only because he scored the last penalty [against Manchester United]. It should be Mitrovic, that is it.”
In his news conference, Ranieri added: “It is impossible to speak with this man. He doesn’t understand the reason. For him, everything is fine in the match.
“It’s unbelievable. It’s the first time in my life [to see this].”
Huddersfield boss David Wagner was frustrated with his side at both ends of the pitch as they fell to a seventh Premier League defeat of the month.
“It is hard to take,” he said. “If you see how we conceded, it makes it harder.
“We had a good opportunity for the counter and could not finish, then we could not close the gaps and conceded after Jonas Lossl made a great penalty save.
“This was a game with a lack of creativity from both sides. There were some shots and set-plays, but it was not a good game. We defended the counter well until the stoppage-time situation.”
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'I wanted to kill him': Ranieri furious following Kamara penalty row
CLAUDIO RANIERI CLAIMS Aboubakar Kamara disrespected him by taking Fulham’s late penalty before assigned spot-kick specialist Aleksandar Mitrovic saved the day.
Kamara seized the ball and argued with the Serbia international before failing to find the net from 12 yards, seemingly condemning Fulham to a goalless draw with Huddersfield Town.
However, Mitrovic ran clear to score a dramatic 91st-minute winner and Ranieri’s fury with Kamara had not been tempered by full-time.
“I said to Aboubakar Kamara to leave the ball to Aleksandar Mitrovic. He is the man who shoots the penalties,” Ranieri told BBC Sport.
“That is normal when one man takes a ball, only because he scored the last penalty [against Manchester United]. It should be Mitrovic, that is it.”
In his news conference, Ranieri added: “It is impossible to speak with this man. He doesn’t understand the reason. For him, everything is fine in the match.
“It’s unbelievable. It’s the first time in my life [to see this].”
Huddersfield boss David Wagner was frustrated with his side at both ends of the pitch as they fell to a seventh Premier League defeat of the month.
“It is hard to take,” he said. “If you see how we conceded, it makes it harder.
“We had a good opportunity for the counter and could not finish, then we could not close the gaps and conceded after Jonas Lossl made a great penalty save.
“This was a game with a lack of creativity from both sides. There were some shots and set-plays, but it was not a good game. We defended the counter well until the stoppage-time situation.”
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