Should Manchester United have been awarded a penalty in the first-half of their clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge? Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appears to think so.
With the stakes so high in a game like this, with Man United and Chelsea both chasing Champions League qualification, the last thing that either side would want is to drop points as a result of an officiating error.
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However, Man United had a pretty good case for a penalty to be awarded in their favour in the first-half of the contest after the ball made contact with Callum Hudson-Odoi’s hand in an unnatural position inside the penalty area.
VAR recommended that the referee head to the monitor, which he did, before deciding that his initial decision not to award a penalty was the correct one. Solskjaer, who will have seen the incident back in the dressing room at half-time, appears to disagree.
While walking out for the start of the second-half, Solskjaer was in conversation with one of the assistant referees about the penalty incident, during which he appeared to mimic Hudson-Odoi’s hand position when he hit the ball.
Right or wrong, the decision’s been made now, Ole…
Ole demonstrating to the official Hudson-Odoi’s handball pic.twitter.com/ltc5fALmOp
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) February 28, 2021
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