The Gers produced a jaw-dropping performance at the Allianz Riviera as Vaclav Cerny, Mohammed Diomande and a Hamza Igamane brace blew the hosts away in the Europa League despite Badredine Bouanani’s late consolation goal.However, Nice were awarded a spot-kick in the opening stages of the clash as Robin Propper had been deemed to have handled the ball in the penalty area.
Boyd was hysterical when describing the scenes in France live on Sky Sports [28 November, 8:09pm], as the VAR officials showed referee Ricardo de Burgos a handball by Dujon Sterling and a foul by Connor Barron as well as the Propper handball.
He said: “I haven’t a clue what’s going on here. It’s incredible.We’ve had three penalty incidents in one. I’ve sympathy for referees and officials now – this is incredible.”The Belgian raised eyebrows with his team selection heading into the clash as Cyriel Dessers was left out of the starting lineup – what a wild assessment of the situation that turned out to be.
