Bologna coach Thiago Motta was left happy after their 1-1 draw with AC Milan.

Tommaso Pobega cancelled out Nicola Sansone's opener for Bologna, then Milan had two good penalty shouts turned down - though Motta disagreed with such claims afterwards.

Referring to DAZN's refereeing expert Luca Marelli, Motta later said: "I am honestly astonished by Luca's comments, because these are absolutely not penalties. The ball hits Lucumi on the body first and he cannot have his arms in any other position to maintain balance.

“As for the Rebic one, if that contact is a penalty, we need to change sport, because we are not on the right path to respect the spirit of football if that is a penalty."

He continued: “We had problems in the first half because we sat too deep, it was not easy to deal with Milan's movements. After the break we did better, moving our lines forward and competing against a strong side that is after all the Champions of Italy.

“I think overall a draw is the right result for the two teams. The fans contributed to this draw too, we stayed humble, kept the attitude we needed against a team of this level and the crowd gave us a big hand keeping the energy up to defend and then attack.

“It is true that we lacked creativity in the final third today and that could've allowed us a better result."