Referee Simon Hooper, video assistant ref Michael Sailsbury and assistant VAR Richard West have been dropped for the next round of Premier League fixtures after their error during the Manchester United vs Wolves game.
The Red Devils survived a late scare when Andre Onana looked to have conceded a penalty in the closing stages of the game at Old Trafford, only for VAR to decide that it wasn’t a penalty.
This decision received plenty of criticism as it seems fairly clear Onana was guilty of a foul, and the refereeing team involved have now been given a small punishment as they won’t be involved in the next round of matches, according to Sky Sports in the video clip below…
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The officials for last night’s game between Man Utd and Wolves have been dropped for next weekend.
Referee Simon Hooper, video assistant ref Michael Sailsbury and assistant VAR Richard West have not been selected for a Premier League game. ? pic.twitter.com/0eY8WmNg3h
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) August 15, 2023
Pictures courtesy of Sky Sports News
Many Wolves fans will feel pretty aggrieved about this, as a fairly minor punishment for this doesn’t do a lot for them as they were quite clearly robbed of a penalty and quite possibly a crucial equaliser.
If an outfield player had gone for the ball ( which was not reachable) and felled the opponent it would have been classed as dangerous play and produced a straight red card as well as a penalty. To call the decision as biased would have been an understatement.
( Sunderland fan).