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Portugal coach Santos reveals referee apologised to him after overturning penalty against Serbia

Portugal coach Fernando Santos says he received an apology from the referee who failed to award his team a penalty during their 1-1 draw against Serbia on Monday evening.

Santos was left furious when Polish referee Szymon Marciniak originally pointed to the spot after Andre Silva's 73rd-minute close-range header struck Antonio Rukavina's arm, only for the official to overturn his decision after conferring with his assistant.

The incident came as Portugal were scrapping to find a winner having gone 1-0 down to Dusan Tadic's 7th-minute penalty before Danilo Periera levelled three minutes from the break with a spectacular 25-yard strike.