Mason Mount does not believe Fikayo Tomori should have been sent in off in Chelsea's crucial Champions League victory against AC Milan.
The Blues were 2-0 winners at the San Siro, and now sit at the top of Group E in the illustrious competition.
Former Chelsea man Tomori was named in the Milan starting XI, but his night didn't last long as the reigning Serie A Champions fell to their second defeat against the west London side in a week.
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He brought down Mount inside the area early on in the first half, and was soon shown a red card for his challenge on his fellow England international.
Jorginho proceeded to net from the spot soon after, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang then netting Chelsea's second of the night.
It was solid performance from Graham Potter's side, with the result now taking them one step closer to the last 16 of the Champions League.
After the full-time whistle, Mount spoke to the official Chelsea website, and revealed his belief that Tomori should not have seen red for his challenge.
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"He's obviously my mate, I’ve known Fik for a very long time and I felt for him in that situation, I was gutted for him," said the 23-year-old.
"I don’t think it was a sending off. Was it a penalty? Maybe yes. I’m an honest player and I want to try to score a goal and he pulled me back a little bit but I feel for him for that decision. It’s a tough one.
"I felt him trying to pull me back but I was running to goal so I wasn’t going to go down and I felt like I could still have an opportunity to score.
"So I carried on going, didn’t score and then obviously the ref blew up and gave a pen straight away. I was probably a bit surprised at the time because I’ve still gone through and had a shot.
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"It was hard to see him get sent off. You still want to be playing 11 v 11 and going at it with two good teams, so it maybe ruined the game a bit.
"It was massive for us and we obviously wanted to win the game, which we did, but I still feel for Fik a lot."
Mount picked up his third assist of the season so far at the San Siro, providing the through ball to Aubameyang for the second goal.
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He also assisted Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic in the win against Wolves at the weekend, with the Cobham academy graduate now finding some form after a difficult start to the campaign.
Chelsea are unbeaten in all five of their games with Graham Potter as boss, with Mount pleased to be working under the head coach following his arrival in September.
"It's been brilliant," he said to BT Sport.
"You can see the way we play. We've been attacking, a big threat going forward. Solid at the back and built from the back. We're going in the right direction, hopefully that continues."
Topics: Chelsea, Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori, AC Milan, Champions League
Robert Calcutt