Thiago Motta admits Spezia ‘can play better than this’ and doesn’t complain about a decisive penalty kick awarded to Bologna: ‘It was a fair decision.’

Spezia lost 1-0 against Sinisa Mihajlovic’s side due to a penalty kick converted by Marko Arnautovic.

The Rossoblu earned the spot-kick after that a free-kick has been charged down by Nzola in the wall, who had his arm up covering his face.

Serie A | Spezia 0-1 Bologna: Arnautovic from the spot

Thiago Motta believes the referee’s decision was correct but has doubts regarding the free-kick that led to the penalty.

“I was really angry about the corner kick, but not the penalty kick,” the former Barcelona and Inter midfielder told DAZN.

“It was a bit naive from Nzola to leave the arm in that position. I am sad about the defeat. It’s not the first time that we don’t win a balanced game.

“We wanted to create trouble on the counter-attack, but I know we can play better than this.

“We need to improve defensively and read the game better without letting our opponents come forward with the ball.”

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