Cobbaut: "Kompany had warned me"

INTERVIEWS A stupid ball against the arm of Elias Cobbaut caused the return for AA Gent. No intentional hands, but unintentionally a ball against the arm is a fault since this season. "As soon as the referee stopped the game, I knew what time it was," said Cobbaut after the game.


"I hit the ball with my hand. That is clear. But it was not the intention," Cobbaut said about the phase in question. "I wanted to rise above the striker and put my arm on his shoulder. The ball hit my arm."

However, Cobbaut knew that something like this could happen. "This week I received a warning from Vincent Kompany: I have to hold my hands against my body in the penalty area, he said. It's a shame this happened now."