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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 possibilities created by Bruno Fernandes whereas Diogo Dalot’s miss might be remembered for years to come back.
And since then, the Crimson Devils allowed their opponents into the sport within 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 attraction 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 did not equalise and had been condemned to their fifth lack of the marketing campaign and so they have now did not 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 mentioned, “On the time I noticed [Danny] Ings received kicked and I believe they received kicked so I believed it wasn’t a pen. I had a sense it’d get given after which Cre [Somerville] had the ball and it was a ready recreation.
Bowen admits it was not a penalty
“With penalties you might have a routine you already know the place you’re going. However whenever you’re ready you’re considering shall I’m going the opposite means? However I caught with what I do know and stepped up and needed to dispatch and fortunately I did that.”
Loads of pundits have additionally chimed in, criticising the refereeing determination whereas Ten Hag was livid on the finish of the sport, utilizing expletives to make his level clear.
Regardless of the injustice and damage issues, it’s clear that INEOS are delaying the inevitable by not eradicating the supervisor who appears unable to reverse the crew’s fortunes.
The crew from Previous Trafford are 14th within the desk, simply seven factors off the drop zone and European soccer seems like a distant dream in the intervening time.
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