Busquets: The penalty tipped the balance in Real Madrid's favour

Clement Lenglet conceded a penalty against Sergio Ramos, who converted from the spot, in what Sergio Busquets believes that is a controversial decision by the referee and the VAR during the Clasico against Real Madrid. Ansu Fati cancelled out Fede Valverde's goal early into the game, but Ramos netted a second from the spot. Although the referee of the game didn't initially award Real Madrid a penalty, the VAR encouraged the referee to check the incident and he subsequently pointed to the spot.

"[The game] was even, especially in the first half," Busquets noted. "In the second, we had two dangerous chances. We were comfortable, we had the ball and we found spaces."[The penalty] tipped the balance in their favour. They were more comfortable and hit on the counter after scoring.

"It's difficult because you see that there are many games and plays like [the penalty]. One against Real Betis comes to mind much clearly. "They say that they have to be very, very clear plays in which everyone must agree, and I think today they punished us a lot."