With McTominay's goal, United beat Aston Villa 1-0 at home. However, United had a tough time winning, with Villa scoring both goals being blown away, which raised strong questions from many industry insiders, including The legendary goalscorers Reinkel and Shearer.
After the game, Reinkel noted, "The referees need to communicate, but the fans should also hear the conversation between them, you can't keep the fans in the dark, it's not right to do that." ”
So why did Reinker say that? Was the referee's decision to cancel the goal twice correct? Let's take a look at these two penalties.
The referee's second penalty was in the 59th minute, when Ins went straight and Watkins burst into the box and picked it up. The penalty was correct because the slow motion clearly showed that Watkins was in offside when Inces went straight.
The real controversy was Anse's 50th-minute goal, McGinn took a free-kick diagonally cross, Consa's header crossed, Watkins headed the ball over the top and Ince's small penalty area slammed the ball into the goal.
The video assistant referee was quick to conclude that the goal was controversial, however, they could not seem to determine why the blowing penalty was invalid. Is it Khonsa offside or Insy offside? Or an Inces handball foul?
The video assistant referee first gave was to check for suspected offside, however, slow motion showed that Consa was not offside, while Ince's right hand was clinging to his body and would not be considered a handball under current rules.
In the end, the video assistant referee determined that Ramsey blocked Cavani, and on this ground determined that the goal was invalid. It was this decision that sparked controversy, with Reinkel first stating, "It was a very strange decision, the video assistant referee seemed determined to find a reason to cancel the goal, they were not sure if it was offside." ”
As for the final determination that Ramsey blocked Cavani, legendary shooter Shearer also believes that there is controversy, "I can't be 100% sure that Cavani is going to fight for the landing point." Is this an obvious mistake? I'm not sure because I can't be sure Cavani is going to grab the ball. ”
Gerrard didn't blame the referee after the game, though, "It took the referees three and a half minutes to fix the problem, and they checked two or three possibilities." When VAR exists and a decision is made, you can only accept it, you cannot change it. Blaming luck or refereeing is easy to do, but we don't do that. ”