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Manchester United suffered an embarrassing 1-2 defeat by the hands of a struggling West Ham in London on Sunday regardless of creating a great deal of possibilities within the first half.
The guests ought to have scored a handful of targets within the first 45 minutes with Alejandro Garnacho responsible of spurning a few presentable chances created by Bruno Fernandes whereas Diogo Dalot’s miss will probably be remembered for years to return.
And since then, the Purple Devils allowed their opponents into the game in the second half with Crysencio Summerville scoring the opener, which was cancelled out by Casemiro’s strike.
Controversy erupted late on when Matthijs de Ligt and Danny Ings collided within the penalty field. Initially it appeared like a 50-50 problem and the hosts didn’t enchantment an excessive amount of and play went on.
Penalty controversy
Referee David Coote was initially not however VAR official Michael Oliver advisable an on-field examine and the referee reversed his authentic determination and awarded a spotkick to the Hammers.
Jarrod Bowen stepped up after a prolonged delay and duly dispatched the penalty. The 20-time English league champions didn’t equalise and have been condemned to their fifth lack of the marketing campaign and so they have now didn’t win 10 of their opening 14 video games.
So as to add salt to Erik ten Hag’s wounds, the England worldwide revealed on the finish of the sport that he didn’t really feel it was a penalty at first.
However the prolonged delay meant a beneficial determination was incoming and the winger didn’t make any errors from the spot.
Talking to Premier League Productions, Bowen stated, “On the time I noticed [Danny] Ings received kicked and I feel they received kicked so I believed it wasn’t a pen. I had a sense it would get given after which Cre [Somerville] had the ball and it was a ready sport.
Bowen admits it was not a penalty
“With penalties you might have a routine you understand the place you’re going. However whenever you’re ready you’re pondering shall I am going the opposite approach? However I caught with what I do know and stepped up and wished to dispatch and fortunately I did that.”
Loads of pundits have additionally chimed in, criticising the refereeing decision whereas Ten Hag was furious on the finish of the sport, utilizing expletives to make his level clear.
Regardless of the injustice and harm issues, it’s clear that INEOS are delaying the inevitable by not removing the manager who appears unable to reverse the workforce’s fortunes.
The workforce from Outdated Trafford are 14th within the desk, simply seven factors off the drop zone and European soccer appears like a distant dream for the time being.
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