Lazio head coach Edy Reja was enraged as he accused the referee failed to show a red card and award a penalty in his side's 1-0 home loss to Juventus in the Italian Serie A match on Saturday.

An incident occurred in the first half, when Tommaso Rocchi's chip over a beaten Gigi Buffon took a deflection off Andrea Barzagli's hand to go off target.

"We were unlucky with the incidents, as there was a clear penalty on Rocchi's shot and Barzagli should've been sent off," Reja was quoted as saying by the football-italia.net.

"Had that been spotted, it was a spot-kick and a straight red card, in my view. Unfortunately, it proved to be decisive. Maybe the referee just didn't see it, but his decision was very disappointing."

"We are satisfied with the performance and do not come out of this with our reputation damaged, because we fought on equal terms with Juve.

"It's true we should have done something more, as we had the chances. It's a shame we were too tired at the end to really mount an assault for the equaliser.

"Juventus played well and I think it can be their year, also considering they have no European commitments to worry about. We proved tonight that we deserve to be in the top spots and could even have won," he said.

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