Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hit out at Chelsea after Manchester United had been denied a penalty in the course of the conflict at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Chelsea and United performed out a dour goalless attract west London, that sparked to life on one controversial incident.
Blues ahead Callum Hudson-Odoi appeared to deal with the ball in a tangle with Mason Greenwood after a Marcus Rashford free-kick was overwhelmed away by Edouard Mendy.
Referee Stuart Attwell didn’t give a penalty, however was referred to as apart by the VAR to take a look on the choice and see if he needed to overturn it.
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Attwell caught along with his on-field choice, regardless of replays displaying Hudson-Odoi did certainly deal with in within the space.
Manchester United boss Solskjaer was furious afterwards, saying: ” Yep, 100% [it’s a penalty]. No concept [why it wasn’t given], under no circumstances, particularly once they cease it, he walks throughout to watch it. From right here, you’ll be able to see it’s a handball however you assume it’s our participant who does it after which if you take a look at it on the video, it’s taken two factors away from us.”
And Solskjaer went on to criticise Chelsea for a narrative that appeared on the official membership web site within the build-up to the sport at Stamford Bridge.
Solskjaer added: “ It’s all these outdoors influences, even the VAR speak right here earlier than the sport with Harry [Maguire], that’s cheeky once they [Chelsea] put that on their web site, that’s influencing referees.
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“You can return and take a look at the web site. You can learn it, what they’re saying about all of the controversy with Harry Maguire and placing stress on the referees to give penalties in opposition to us.
“We’ve seen there was a supervisor, was it Frank [Lampard] who began it? There’s a great deal of speak about us getting penalties when there is no such thing as a doubt by any means. Now, we must always have had the penalty, that’s clear.”
The article in query that angered Solskjaer acknowledged: “The Man United skipper’s actions can even be beneath scrutiny once more on Sunday after his penalty space tangle with Jamal Lascelles final weekend. In latest Chelsea conferences the Red Devils’ centre-back has survived VAR opinions of a possible penalty foul on Cesar Azpilicueta and violent problem on Michy Batshuayi that will properly have affected the end result.”
