Erik ten Hag criticised “inconsistent” VAR after Manchester United’s Casemiro was the one participant despatched off following a mass brawl in Saturday’s 2-1 win towards Crystal Palace.
But others had been appalled by the footage of Casemiro’s arms round Will Hughes’ throat, with talkSPORT’s former Aston Villa and England striker Gabby Agbonlahor calling for Casemiro to be arrested.
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Bruno Fernandes’ early penalty and a Marcus Rashford strike put United on target for a thirteenth successive residence win in all competitions.
But Ten Hag’s crew needed to survive a nervous finale at Old Trafford after Brazil midfielder Casemiro was dismissed earlier than Palace’s Jeffrey Schlupp scored to scale back the deficit.
Just previous to his objective, Schlupp had shoved United winger Antony off the pitch, sparking a struggle involving each units of gamers which ended with Casemiro receiving a straight crimson card for violent conduct.
Referee Andre Marriner was suggested to test the pitchside monitor by the VAR to assessment photos of Casemiro grabbing Palace’s Will Hughes by the throat.
“It was a really high level first 70 minutes until the incident takes place and then you see this team stands for each other,” Ten Hag stated.
“It’s such a good spirit for the team and they don’t accept when a player from us can be badly injured. That is the way Antony got treated.
“This team sticks together, but of course you have to control your emotions, but it’s really difficult in such a moment.
“Then I see two teams fighting each other, I see two teams where players, several players, are crossing the line and then one player is picked out and sent off. For me, that’s not right.”
But Agbonlahor noticed it very in a different way, claiming the assault extra frequent within the octagon moderately than the soccer pitch.
“Casemiro thought he was Brock Lesnar back in the UFC, the way he was strangling Will Hughes and he should be arrested for that,” Agbonlahor stated.
“You know, there are kids watching that game later on Match of the Day or watching it somewhere and seeing Casemiro strangling an opponent.
“This isn’t ice hockey in America where they have a scarp during the game, this is football and we don’t want to see that. Casemiro needs to be disciplined by Manchester United.”
United’s victory consolidated their grip on third place within the Premier League. Gloss was taken off the end result by Casemiro’s crimson card and Ten Hag stated Schlupp took a “big risk” by shoving Antony off the pitch, saying he might have been “badly injured”.
The Dutchman additionally claimed Palace’s Jordan Ayew ought to have “definitely” been despatched off for his actions within the struggle that adopted, with the latest lack of VAR consistency infuriating him.
“You bring it up, but that was one of the players who did even worse, I would say, than Casemiro,” Ten Hag stated of Ayew.
“With Casemiro, you freeze the moment and he’s crossing the line there, but I do definitely.
“You have to be consistent as a VAR. Last week we missed Christian Eriksen (who is out for three months) by a bad foul. No interference from VAR.
“In Crystal Palace (last month), (Jean-Phillipe) Mateta is elbowing (Lisandro) Martinez, he is running for two weeks with a mark on his eyebrow and (VAR’s) not interfering. I see this is not right.” Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira was additionally livid with the officiating. Vieira stormed straight over to Marriner at full-time, however, requested what he stated to the officers, he replied: “I don’t want to talk about it.”
Source: www.news.com.au
