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Valverde slams ‘invisible penalty’ after Barcelona draw at Las Palmas

Ernesto Valverde was not happy with the decision to award Las Palmas a penalty during Barcelona’s 1-1 draw on Thursday night.

It was not completely clear what the penalty had been awarded for, but Jonathan Calleri smashed home the spot kick to level it up after Lionel Messi had bagged the opener.

Speaking after the game, Valverde was critical of the decision to award the penalty and also said goalkeeper Leandro Chichizola should have been sent off for handball.

“We don’t know what the referee blew for during that play.