Courtois questions VAR in Real Madrid defeat to Valencia: Gomez screams and gets a penalty

Thibaut Courtois questioned the use of VAR in Real Madrid’s heavy loss to Valencia and claimed opposition forward Maxi Gomez bought his side one of their penalties by “screaming”.

Carlos Soler scored a hat-trick of spot-kicks in Valencia’s surprise 4-1 win at Mestalla as Madrid conceded four goals in a LaLiga match for the first time under Zinedine Zidane.

Lucas Vazquez and Sergio Ramos were penalised for handling the ball inside the box, either side of Marcelo being punished for bringing down Gomez.

Courtois kept out the first penalty before it was retaken because of encroachment and was also beaten by a Raphael Varane own goal in Sunday’s clash.

Soler is the first player to score three penalties in a single LaLiga game this century, but Courtois claimed Madrid were hard done by, particularly with the second spot-kick.

“Maxi screams more, and the way VAR gives penalties…” he said. “We had three penalties against, and the second goal was bad luck.