Chelsea’s Mason Mount ‘gutted’ for Fikayo Tomori over San Siro sending-off

Mason Mount admitted surprise at earning Chelsea a penalty in Milan and shock at Fikayo Tomori’s red card.

Former Blues defender Tomori was sent off 18 minutes into Chelsea’s 2-0 Champions League win at AC Milan on Tuesday night.

The England centre-back saw red for tugging back Mount in the area, with Jorginho converting the penalty.

Mount revealed his sympathy for close friend Tomori, with the Chelsea midfielder believing the red card was harsh.

“He’s obviously my mate, I’ve known Fik for a very long time and I felt for him in that situation, I was gutted for him,” Mount told Chelsea’s official club website.

“I don’t think it was a sending-off. Was it a penalty? Maybe yes. I’m an honest player and I want to try to score a goal and he pulled me back a little bit, but I feel for him for that decision. It’s a tough one.

“I felt him trying to pull me back, but I was running to goal so I wasn’t going to go down and I felt like I could still have an opportunity to score.

“So I carried on going, didn’t score and then obviously the ref blew up and gave a pen straight away. I was probably a bit surprised at the time because I’ve still gone through and had a shot.

“It was hard to see him get sent off.

“You still want to be playing 11 versus 11 and going at it with two good teams, so it maybe ruined the game a bit.

“It was massive for us and we obviously wanted to win the game, which we did, but I still feel for Fik a lot.”