Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag issues angry response to VAR controversy - 'Three times

Manchester United fell to different Premier League defeat, this clip astatine West Ham United, but Erik 10 Hag was near furious by the determination to grant the Hammers a precocious punishment that yet proved decisive

An aggravated Erik 10 Hag claimed Sunday was the THIRD TIME Manchester United person been screwed implicit by VAR this play after their arguable loss astatine West Ham.

Having missed a hatful of chances successful the archetypal fractional - not slightest Diogo Dalot’s fearfulness miss erstwhile presented with an unfastened extremity - United fell down successful the 2nd period, conceding to substitute Crysencio Summerville. But Casemiro looked to person saved a constituent for the Red Devils with a speedy reply, heading location astatine the London Stadium to level things.

However, Jarrod Bowen scored the victor from the spot 2 minutes into stoppage clip after a agelong VAR reappraisal for Matthijs de Ligt’s situation connected Danny Ings. Referee David Coote took his clip studying the pitchside show earlier awarding the spot-kick, to the fearfulness of United’s under-fire manager and his players. In the property box, erstwhile United midfielder Darren Fletcher, present connected the staff, stormed retired successful frustration, declaring “every f****** week”.

A Premier League connection connected the determination said: "The referee did not grant a punishment to West Ham for a situation by de Ligt connected Ings. The VAR deemed determination was capable interaction connected Ings’ little limb and recommended an on-field review. The referee overturned his archetypal determination and awarded a penalty."

And Ten Hag made his displeasure crystal wide instantly aft the match, with the under-fire Dutchman fuming: "Three times this play we consciousness injustice.

“Before the play determination was the acquisition astir VAR lone interfering successful wide and evident mistakes. That is decidedly not a wide and evident mistake from the connected tract referee.

"More frustrations but I tin bash thing with that. They don't cod points and that's what we person to do. We person to look successful the mirror, we don't people successful a bully crippled from our side.”

On whether helium had spoken to the officials, Ten Hag responded: "I spoke with them. But the determination is made. There's nary mode backmost and that's football.

“That's a 3rd clip I person felt injustice successful the play and it has a large interaction connected our squad and connected our scores and wherever we are successful the table. It's not right."

The Dutchman had been beauteous pleased with what helium had seen from his broadside overall, but was disappointed with their failures successful beforehand of goal.

“We person to score, we created truthful galore chances,” helium said. “We should've been 2 oregon 3 up.

Second fractional we were forcing it but we allowed them into the game. When you are losing 1-0 you request large property and character, and the squad showed resilience to get backmost into it. [But it was] unfair and unjust the mode we conceded the penalty.”

Hammers brag Julen Lopetegui said: “The players accidental it's a punishment and the referee says it is simply a punishment truthful I americium definite they are right.

“But I haven't seen it. I similar to item that aft they scored we support the vigor and affirmative momentum to triumph the match. I similar to support that energy.”

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