Luciano Spalletti was absolutely furious after Inter were held to a 3-3 draw with Fiorentina due to a late – and highly controversial – VAR call which gave the hosting Viola a penalty which they duly converted.

“It’s clear. It’s his chest. There is no argument here,” an enraged Spalletti ranted in an interview with Sky Sport Italia post-match at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.

“There is no doubt here. It’s his chest! We saw it clearly! Everyone saw the VAR from the touchline, everyone saw it! It was his chest!”

“The first penalty [the one Inter received] he stuck his arm up and waved it around with nobody bothering him. The second, it was clearly his chest. It never even grazed his arm. Never.”

Spalletti went on to speak on why getting decisions like this correct is absolutely crucial in terms of team’s picking up points.

“Now people are going to go ‘oh they’re going to sack Spalletti and get someone else in,’ these results are decisive, they make a difference.

“These are fundamental results for our objectives in an entire season.”

He proceeded to admit that he opted against speaking with the referee after the match.

“I didn’t talk to the referee afterwards, because what could he possibly tell me? That it hit his arm when it clearly didn’t?

“There are no ifs and buts here, it’s clear. It is obvious.”

The first meeting of the season between Inter and Fiorentina at San Siro also saw VAR called upon and Spalletti concluded his rant by recalling this.

“It is in front of our eyes. There are no doubts, there’s no maybe, no possibly, no potentially, no perhaps.

“So we go back to the last time we played Fiorentina, with the famous fingertips that moved on VAR.

“This is an important instrument that referees can use to see things properly.”