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Jean-Philippe Mateta apologized to him crystal Palace A 3–3 draw with Bournemouth despite his teammates scoring a hat-trick.
French The striker had the nerve to roll in a stoppage-time penalty to equalise, but moments later he held his head in his hands after firing a brilliant chance to win it over the crossbar.
eagles boss oliver glassner Said: “He apologized. He doesn’t have to apologize.”
“You can’t take every chance. He scored three. I said be proud. A hat-trick is not easy in the Premier League and he deserved it.”
Ryan Christie thought he had taken Bournemouth to the top of the Premier League – at least for a few hours – when he made it 3-2 with a minute of normal time remaining.
But immediately after this, referee Jarrod Gillette declared a foul on Bafode Diakite mark guhy As the pair struggled on a corner.
cherry boss andoni irola Felt VAR should have intervened – and claimed Stockley Park officials Alex Chilovich and Darren England decided not to do so due to an earlier incident when Marcos Senesi was booked for fouling Ismaila Sarr.
VAR recommended the check for a red card – for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity – but they had the courage to stick to their original decision after Gillette went to the replay screen.
“I can’t be happy. I’m upset and angry,” Ierola said. “It’s hard to accept like this.
“Now we watch the replays and we can complain. Bafode is marking Guéhi very well with one hand, not holding him. Guéhi pulls Bafode with two hands.
“I think VAR hasn’t intervened because of the last game where he called the referee and the referee didn’t acknowledge his correction. That’s the only explanation I can find.
“You can feel coming 3-3. But not in that way. If Mateta scores the last and it’s 3-3 you have to accept it. But a penalty? No.”
Amid the chaos, Bournemouth’s teenage forward Junior Crupi scored two first-half goals on his full Premier League debut, which almost led to defeat.
The 19-year-old was relegated from the French second division after scoring 22 goals in 30 games for Lorient last season, and he made the step-up look simple with a close-range header and a well-taken volley.
But Mateta converted two crosses from Daniel Munoz in a span of five minutes of the second half to make the score 2-2.
Then came the crazy finish that made a mockery of Glasner’s pre-match suggestion that there wouldn’t be many goals in a tight match.
“Looks like I don’t know what I’m talking about,” he smiled.
“We played very well. I had one of our best offensive performances. How many goals we scored and how many goals we could have scored shows how good we were today.”