Ghanaian international Dennis Appiah has reacted to Saint Etienne’s disallowed goal following defeat to Grenoble in the French Ligue 2 opener.
Appiah started and lasted 74 minutes, when his outfit suffered a narrow defeat on home turf to Grenoble on Sunday.
A late goal from Abdoulie Sanyang handed the visitors all three points, leaving Saint Etienne to their first defeat of the season.
Saint Etienne missed a penalty and had a goal turned down by the referee. However, Appiah who believes the goal should stood has described the decision to disallow the goal as shame.
"We know that we can be in difficulty in the transitions and we are being punished for that..."
"It's not the first dreamed of. It was a balanced match overall. We started well before running out of steam a little”
“Grenoble gained confidence and got a few situations. We were able to start well after the break, until that quarter of an hour of somewhat bizarre madness with this penalty that we didn't score and a disallowed goal that we thought was valid. It's a shame”
“We know we can be in trouble in the transitions and we get punished for that... The draw was already frustrating, but not taking a point is difficult. We missed our first at home, we will do everything to start scoring points in Rodez” he said.