We secured top spot in our Europa League group, despite losing 1-0 to Cologne on Thursday evening.
Sehrou Guirassy scored the winner from the spot, after he had gone down under pressure from Mathieu Debuchy, but Red Star Belgrade’s goalless draw at BATE Borisov meant we still finished top of Group H with one game to play.
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Was it a penalty?
That was the big talking point after a contentious call counted against us in Cologne on Thursday.