In the second leg of the League Cup semi-final against Tottenham, Chelsea centre-back Rudiger became the protagonist. Not only did he score his only goal, he also nearly delivered a penalty. In an interview, Rudiger spoke about the controversial sentence.
In the first half, Rudiger was controversial twice in a minute, first knocking down Kane and then shoveling Hoybel. At one point, the referee awarded a penalty, but after being reminded by the video assistant referee, referee Marina changed the free kick.
In slow motion, Rudiger's foul was outside the box, so the referee made a change. Sky Sports, however, considered Rudiger's tackle "very stupid" and luckily escaped the penalty.
In an interview, Rudiger said, "You never know what's going to happen, but I've always been confident. You can look at the slow motion, where he falls down after stepping on his leg. I'm calm. ”
Asked if he was at the best of his career, Rudiger said, "I'm enjoying this stage. I think it was the best time of my career. I knew I was going to score with a header and I wanted to be able to score, so it was fantastic. ”