I wanted to kill him! - Ranieri felt disrespected by Kamara penalty dispute

Aboubakar Kamara was in Claudio Ranieri's bad books for taking and missing a penalty against Huddersfield, even though Fulham won.

Published : Dec 30, 2018 01:13 IST

Aboubakar Kamara argues with Fulham team-mate Aleksandar Mitrovic during the tie against Huddersfield.
Aboubakar Kamara argues with Fulham team-mate Aleksandar Mitrovic during the tie against Huddersfield.
lightbox-info

Aboubakar Kamara argues with Fulham team-mate Aleksandar Mitrovic during the tie against Huddersfield.

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.

MATCH CENTRE: Fulham 1 Huddersfield 0

"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.

"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 form 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."

Sign in to unlock all user benefits
  • Get notified on top games and events
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign up / manage to our newsletters with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early bird access to discounts & offers to our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide to our community guidelines for posting your comment