Jorginho blames West Ham penalty miss on VAR

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Jorginho blames West Ham penalty miss on VAR

Jorginho missed a late-game penalty against West Ham. He shot straight at Fabianski and did not apply enough power so the Hammers goalie easily caught the ball.

Christian Pulisic saved the Italian's blushes with a 90th-minute goal as Chelsea won the game 1-0.

Now Jorginho has reflected on why he missed the penalty, coming up with a rather unexpected explanation.

"This sort of pressure, especially in games like this when you need to win and it's last minute, and you try to isolate your mind from all that pressure even though it's hard, and then you have the VAR so it takes longer, it's harder to keep focus," the midfielder told the Daily Mail.

"When you have that little moment of doubt, that's usually when you make the mistake. Maybe I had too much time to think about it, I don't know.

"This time it went like that and I'm sorry. I feel bad because it's not a nice feeling."

AuthorAleksei Blokhin
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