Man Utd star told he should be fined for what he did against Leicester

Noussair Mazraoui was slammed during Manchester United’s melodramatic FA Cup 4th circular triumph implicit Leicester City and told helium should beryllium fined a weeks’ wages for a schoolboy error.

United’s lacklustre first-half was astir summed up by the wing-back’s foul-throw which led ITV co-commentator Lee Dixon to suggest that Ruben Amorim should instrumentality disciplinary action.

‘Absolute foul throw. Should beryllium fined a week’s wages for that,’ Dixon said portion commentating connected the crippled for ITV.

‘How tin you not propulsion a shot in?’

Thankfully for United and Mazraoui an adjacent bigger gaffe yet settled the contest successful United’s favour when, with VAR not successful use, Harry Maguire’s injury-time header was allowed to basal contempt the defender intelligibly lasting successful an offside position.

Leicester brag Ruud van Nistelrooy was furious pursuing what helium deemed an ‘unacceptable’ and ‘unthinkable’.

The Dutchman started the play arsenic 1 of Erik 10 Hag’s assistants and stepped up arsenic interim manager, earlier being fto spell by Ruben Amorim and swiftly taking up the occupation arsenic Foxes boss.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s first-half header had Leicester dreaming of a fourth-round triumph astatine Old Trafford, but substitute Joshua Zirkzee levelled aft United reacted to being booed disconnected astatine the break.

Extra clip beckoned until Maguire headed location to marque it 2-1 heavy successful stoppage time, sparking bedlam successful the stands and fury among the Leicester ranks.

The United defender had intelligibly strayed offside erstwhile the shot was sent over, but VAR is not introduced until the adjacent round.

‘It’s a hard 1 to instrumentality due to the fact that the crippled was decided connected a mistake,’ Van Nistelrooy said. ‘It was clear.

‘It’s not a substance of VAR, wherever you person to look astatine millimetres. It was fractional a metre. It was clear.

‘The squad didn’t merit to suffer the crippled successful this mode due to the fact that they fought, they played well, dominated the crippled for a agelong bit, starring 1-0 and, yeah, that’s however you consciousness aft this.’

Van Nistelrooy told ITV that Leicester were ‘not defeated successful Fergie time’ but “offside time” arsenic a promising show by his broadside came to nothing.

Put to the Dutchman that the dressing country volition beryllium arsenic aggravated arsenic they are disappointed aft that, helium said successful the post-match property conference: “Yeah, we are. We’re gutted.

‘When you hole the full week for this crippled and reacting aft the Everton nonaccomplishment and enactment successful a show similar that, and it’s been decided connected an obvious, wide and obvious, mistake that is unacceptable, unthinkable successful this level.

‘But it happens to you, and we person thing other to bash than prime ourselves up, besides from this, again. That is not what the squad deserved.’

Van Nistelrooy near Old Trafford wondering what could person been, portion United caput manager Amorim acknowledged that his broadside rode their luck.

“We request a batch of things that’s thing to bash with luck,” the Portuguese said. “It has to bash with prime of the work.

“We request to amended each item of the game, our energy. My enactment with them has to beryllium truthful overmuch better, but sometimes you request a small spot of luck and contiguous we had it.

“With VAR it was not a goal, and I deliberation it’s important to person due to the fact that it’s just for the game.

“It’s truly hard to suffer 1 crippled successful the past infinitesimal with an offside play, but we request and sometimes we merit a small spot of luck.”

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