Milan (Italy), May 7 -- Barcelona defender Inigo Martinez has denied spitting at Inter Milan's Francesco Acerbi during the Champions League semi-final defeat.
The alleged incident occurred when defender Acerbi ran past Martinez while celebrating Hakan Calhanoglu's penalty to put Inter 2-0 ahead shortly before half-time in the second leg at the San
Siro on Tuesday.
"He celebrated in my ear. My reaction was unnecessary but I never spat at him," Martinez told El Chiringuito TV.
"If I had, I would have been sent off, no doubt about that."
Acerbi remonstrated with referee Szymon Marciniak before angrily confronting Martinez.
Before play resumed there was a video assistant referee (VAR) review for a potential red card,
but no action was ta...