Juventus and Porto were in Champions League round of 16 clash on Wednesday. Encounter that saw the victory of Porto 2-1 over Juventus. And For Iconic former Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger and ex-Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit, the Italian club deserved a penalty in the game.

Porto established a two-goal lead by the 46th minute after goals from Mehdi Taremi and Moussa Marega. But Federico Chiesa netted a crucial away goal eight minutes from time. 

One of the talking points from the game was the decision of Spanish referee Carlos del Cerro Grande not to award a spot kick to Juventus in the closing minutes. This after Zaidu Sanusi appeared to have fouled Portuguese superstar Ronaldo.

Television replays showed that the Nigeria international made contact with Ronaldo. But the striker was already on his way down.

“You should ask the referee and VAR. The referee has an impression on the action. But Ronaldo made a bit more of it in fairness.” Said Wenger speaking on beIN SPORTS.

“But in slow motion, it looks like the Porto player didn’t control his movement and stopped Ronaldo from playing the ball“.

It has been suggested that the referee was telling the players that the four-minute stoppage time was up before the penalty incident involving Ronaldo and Sanusi.

“A lot of controversy with the VAR. Because if you can see the image, the referee immediately dismisses the penalty. You can see it by the movement of his hand. He said no penalty at all and maybe the VAR just accepted this is what it is.” Gullit added.

“But if you look back, I think you could give him a penalty.” He ended.

Porto, who are on a six-match unbeaten run in this season’s Champions League, face Juventus in the return leg on 9th March.