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Cooper criticises referee Madley after penalty calls

Leicester City boss Steve Cooper was highly critical of referee Andrew Madley after his side's 2-1 defeat by Chelsea.

He thought they should have had a penalty late on at 2-0 when Levi Colwill appeared to bring down Stephy Mavididi - but it was not given.

They were awarded a penalty by the video assistant referee (VAR) in injury time when Romeo Lavia caught Bobby de Cordova-Reid.

Madley did not give it initially as he thought the Leicester player was offside - but VAR ruled he was onside.

"He gave offside for the second one and he was about half a yard on," Cooper told BBC Sport.