Premier League make decision on refereeing duo at centre of Man Utd controversy

Manchester United were near furious by the actions of referee David Coote and VAR Michael Oliver during the decision to West Ham, with the Premier League present deciding whether to basal the duo down

Both David Coote and Michael Oliver person been handed appointments for this weekend's Premier League games contempt being wide criticised for their determination to manus West Ham a precocious punishment against Manchester United.

Coote was the referee for Sunday's clash astatine the London Stadium, portion Oliver was acting arsenic the VAR. As the crippled entered the last fewer minutes, Hammers prima Danny Ings ran into a clump of United defenders to get to a escaped shot and collided with United defender Matthijs de Ligt.

At first, Coote waved distant the hosts' calls for a penalty, earlier Oliver reviewed the decision. He past sent Coote to the pitchside monitor, with the referee past overturning his archetypal determination and awarding a penalty.

After a 2nd look, Coote decided De Ligt had impeded Ings, portion United were adamant the Hammers prima had handled the ball. The refereeing squad were wide criticised successful the aftermath of the match, which led to United sacking manager Erik 10 Hag.

But alternatively than propulsion them retired of the enactment of fire, the Premier League person handed some officials appointments for this weekend's games. Oliver has been confirmed arsenic referee for Saturday's clash betwixt Bournemouth and leaders Manchester City.

Coote meantime volition service arsenic the VAR for Aston Villa's travel to Tottenham, with Craig Pawson the on-field referee. United were near furious with Coote connected Sunday, with manager Darren Fletcher storming retired of spot and commenting 'every f****** week'.

De Ligt and his team-mates had surrounded Coote and the pitchside show aft helium made his decision. Their aggravated absorption has been defended by Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer, some of whom criticised the awarding of the penalty.

Speaking connected The Rest is Football podcast, Lineker said: “The punishment determination that won it for West Ham, I’ve looked astatine it astir 8 times and I can’t spot thing adjacent to resembling a foul, fto unsocial the information that the referee did not springiness it and the VAR turned it over.

HAVE YOUR SAY! Should Michael Oliver and David Coote person been stood down from this weekend's games? Comment below.

"It looks similar a mistake to me. With the information that the referee did not springiness it connected the transportation and this truly precocious barroom this season, I travel backmost to my point, I marque it each week.

“Suddenly the barroom gets lowered and a wide and evident mistake to 1 idiosyncratic is antithetic to another. I deliberation it’s astir unworkable successful galore ways unless they spell to an entreaty system."

Shearer added: “You tin look astatine it different 80 times and you’re inactive not going to find anything. The referee did not springiness the penalty, past he’s being told by the VAR to spell and person a look astatine the screen.

“Okay, it’s baffling that 2 truly experienced referees tin look astatine that, peculiarly David Coote, the referee, who thinks I’ve made an implicit howler present and I americium going to spell with what the VAR is telling maine to. It was a unspeakable decision, it truly was.

“United volition look to that and blasted [the loss] connected that, but they’ve lone got themselves to blasted for the chances they missed successful the archetypal half. They should person been six of 7 up and that’s nary exaggeration, due to the fact that they were casual chances."

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