Ex-Premier League referee tears into Rob Jones over 'baffling' Marcus Rashford error

Manchester United guardant Marcus Rashford was fortunate to flight a reddish paper successful Sunday's gully with Aston Villa, and a erstwhile Premier League referee has present questioned the decision

Keith Hackett has been near bemused by Rob Jones' nonaccomplishment to nonstop disconnected Marcus Rashford for a "petulant" enactment during Manchester United's drab goalless gully with Aston Villa.

The United forward, 26, was near sweating momentarily during the 2nd fractional of Sunday's lucifer when, conscionable minutes aft being booked, helium lazily stuck retired a limb to travel Leon Bailey arsenic helium precocious towards the punishment area.

Furious Villa players and fans were near successful disbelief erstwhile Jones opted against showing Rashford a 2nd yellowish card. He alternatively called implicit skipper Bruno Fernandes, who was seemingly told that Rashford was connected his last warning.

Erik 10 Hag took contiguous enactment and substituted Rashford moments aboriginal - and Hackett has present gone connected grounds and questioned the call.

“Marcus Rashford should person been shown a 2nd yellowish paper for his situation connected Aston Villa’s Leon Bailey, and it was frankly baffling referee Rob Jones failed to correctly use the law," Hackett told the The Telegraph.

“The lone happening I tin deliberation of is that the archetypal yellowish – for a travel connected Matty Cash – was soft, and Jones indispensable person felt it would person been harsh to disregard a subordinate for those 2 offences. However, that should not beryllium taken into relationship erstwhile judging a players’ actions – each enactment should beryllium looked astatine successful isolation – and Rashford’s travel of Bailey was petulant and should person been sanctioned.

“If determination were immoderate statement past that disappeared erstwhile Erik 10 Hag rightly substituted the subordinate to guarantee helium was not sent disconnected the adjacent clip helium committed a foul.

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“I accidental this portion acknowledging that Jones is having a good play and, to my mind, is present our 3rd champion referee down Michael Oliver and Anthony Taylor. He handles games good and does not look to beryllium overawed by the large occasion.

“That is wherefore I’m amazed did not enactment and correctly contented a 2nd yellowish paper erstwhile Rashford’s vexation got the amended of him.”

Ten Hag seemed to connote post-match connected Sunday that Rashford had been fortunate to flight a reddish card. The Dutchman admitted that helium 'couldn't instrumentality the risk' of leaving the England prima connected the transportation contempt the information that United needed a extremity to triumph the game.

Asked astir his withdrawal, Ten Hag said: “Yes that was 1 of the reasons to instrumentality him off. If it was different foul astir apt helium would beryllium sent off. We can’t instrumentality different risk.”

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