Erik ten Hag didn’t maintain again in his fierce criticism of the choice to award West Ham United a penalty which condemned Manchester United to a 2-1 loss on the London Stadium on Sunday.
Crysencio Summerville gave the hosts a belated lead within the 74th minute which was swiftly cancelled out by Casemiro’s header. The match had meandered into its last 5 minutes by the point United centre-back Matthijs de Ligt gently collided with Danny Ings.
Referee David Coote waved the incident away – though there have been few appeals from anybody other than Ings. VAR Michael Oliver noticed in any other case, figuring out “ample contact on Ings’ decrease leg”. Following a pitch-side assessment, Coote awarded a penalty which Jarrod Bowen coolly transformed within the 92nd minute.
Very like many Manchester United followers on social media, Ten Hag did not disguise his disgust, telling BBC’s Match of the Day that the choice was “unfair and unjust”.
The Dutchman added: “It was so tough to see. Earlier than the season there was the instruction about VAR solely interfering in clear and apparent errors. That’s positively not a transparent and apparent mistake from the on area referee.
“Extra frustrations however I can do nothing with that. They do not gather factors and that is what we’ve to do. Now we have to look within the mirror, we do not rating in an excellent sport from our aspect. Create a great deal of possibilities and concede none however once you lose on this approach it is a dangerous feeling.”
Ten Hag revealed that he spoke with the officers, however conceded: “The choice is made. There is no approach again and that is soccer. That is a 3rd time I’ve felt injustice within the season and it has a huge impact on our group and on our scores and the place we’re within the desk. It is not proper.”
United squandered a glut of first-half scoring alternatives, with Diogo Dalot responsible of a very egregious miss – a lot to Ten Hag’s frustration. “Now we have to attain, we created so many possibilities,” the under-pressure supervisor lamented.
“We must always’ve been two or three up. Second half we had been forcing it however we allowed them into the sport. If you end up shedding 1-0 you want huge persona and character of the group and confirmed resilience to get again into it.”
