United lost to Championship side Middlesbrough on a penalty in the FA Cup, and after the match, interim manager Ronnick shelled referee Anthony Taylor and VAR video assistant referee Stuart Atwell for not cancelling the goal after the suspected handball. However, under the new rules, Mibel's goals can indeed be awarded effectively, and Manchester United have been the beneficiary of similar "controversial goals" in the Champions League.
Middlesbrough substitute Walter Moore hit his left hand after stopping the ball on the left side of the Manchester United penalty area, he reacted quickly, picking out a pass at the back post and Matt Crooks shoveled the equalizer. According to the new rules, after an offensive player has no intention of handball, as long as he does not directly break the goal and assist his teammates to score, he will be judged to be valid.
The referee and VAR judged That Watermore to be unintentional handball for two reasons: first, the Mibao player stopped the ball with his foot, the ball bounced up and hit the arm, not directly touching the ball with his hand, the football hit the body to rebound in the hand, which is one of the most common patterns of unintentional handball; second, his arm is in a normal state of opening to maintain body balance.
So, this goal is indeed a good goal under the new rules, and the same situation also happened in Manchester United's Champions League group stage 2-2 draw against Atalanta. At that time, the Atlanta defender broke the ball and hit the left hand of Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood, who also quickly picked up Ronaldo and assisted the Portuguese superstar to volley the ball in and equalize.
However, at that time, people only praised Ronaldo's savior in danger, and did not popularize the new rules of handball, and Manchester United players suffered losses in the FA Cup. At that time, Manchester United captain Harry Maguire actually still had a chance to defend Crooks, but he only raised his hand to signal the opponent's handball, and did not turn around to block it, watching the other side shoot into the empty goal.
In addition, even if this goal is lost, Manchester United still has enough time and opportunity to score the winning goal, but the superstars did not do it, wasted 7 excellent scoring opportunities including penalties in 120 minutes, and finally had to shake hands with Middlesbrough 1-1 and enter the penalty shootout.
In the eight rounds of penalty shootouts, Manchester United goalkeeper Dean Henderson did not save a single goal, and 19-year-old Anthony Erlanga made one last kick to announce the Red Devils out.
After the game, Erlanga was racistly abused by fans on social networking sites, but fortunately he had the full support of his teammates. Ronaldo, who also conceded a penalty in the game, walked with his arms around him to the players' tunnel and offered words of comfort. During this time, C Luo pointed to himself, as if using the fact that he also lost his point, encouraging Erlanga to cheer up. According to the data, Ronaldo conceded a total of four penalties during his time at Manchester United, including the 2008 Champions League semi-final against Barca and the final against Chelsea.