Robin van Persie believes Inter Milan were given a controversial penalty in their 2-1 Champions League win on Tuesday. Inter are through

to the quarter-finals and will now face Bayern Munich after beating Feyenoord 4-1 on aggregate, with Marcus Thuram and Hakan Çalhanoğlu scoring

in the second leg. Nerazzurri had a 2-0 lead and it took them just 10 minutes to make it 3-0 early on.

Van Persie admitted conceding an early goal made things more difficult for his side but praised his players for equalising and believed everyone in the team could turn things around after Jakub Moder converted a penalty.

“The players worked very hard. And they defended well, both high and low pressing,” Van Persie said after the game.

“In some moments of the game we could have done better but let’s not forget we were playing against a very strong team. When Inter start to press, it is very difficult to deal with. “

It is not nice to concede early but we felt the support of the fans throughout the game. สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้น. All the players gave their all and I could not ask for more from them.”

Inter doubled their lead through a penalty by Çalhanoglu, who tried to pressure a Feyenoord defender on the corner of the area, before the referee awarded a spot kick.

Asked if Inter still believed in the comeback before the penalty was awarded, Van Persie said: “Yes, the players did. It was a great feeling when we equalised, even though we should have scored two more. “Unfortunately we

conceded a goal straight after the start of the second half, it was a questionable penalty and maybe a bit too easy a decision.”