He told Sky Sports: "Common sense. Everyone who has played football understands. He slips. He doesn't catch him with the leg that goes high and the consequence is a red card. It is another three games without playing. The repercussions for us are huge. Of course we are going to appeal. It is common sense. In the first half Evanilson gets a kick in the chest by Casemiro. I don't think you should have a red card for this. But the VAR cuts the worst angle, the worst frame."
On suggestions that VAR did not tell the referee that Evanilson slipped, he replied: "If you are telling me that then it is something very, very serious. It is difficult for us."