As Manchester United had been held to a goalless draw by bottom-placed Southampton at Old Trafford within the Premier League on Sunday night, the spotlight of the match was the late crimson card proven to Brazilian midfielder Casemiro. Erik ten Haag’s facet had been taking part in in entrance of a house crowd after being thrashed 0-7 by Liverpool at Anfield and squandered their possibilities to attain in opposition to Southampton following Casemiro’s crimson card.
In the thirty fourth minute of the match. Casemiro’s proper boot stud first hit the ball earlier than it rolled onto the shin of Southampton’s Carlos Alcaraz and Casemiro was initially given a yellow card. VAR later adjudged the Brazilian pitch facet and dominated it as a crimson card. This resulted in Casemiro nearly tearfully exchanging hugs with Alcaraz in disbelief over the choice, together with the Manchester United gamers and training employees. “What do I think [about] Inconsistency – players no longer know what the policy is and we see it tomorrow with the Premier League, Leicester-Chelsea [two penalty appeals]VAR not coming on line [intervening], it’s coming on line today.” Ten Haag stated after the match.
Manchester United head coach Erik ten Haag holds the ball through the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Southampton at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday, March 12, 2023. (AP Photo/John Super)
It was the Brazilian’s second crimson card in eight video games this season, and the Brazilian had by no means acquired a crimson card in his profession throughout his stints with Real Madrid and Porto. The Manchester United supervisor was additionally important of VAR for not being all for his group’s two first-half penalty appeals. The first occasion was a problem by Southampton’s Kyle Walkers-Peters on Bruno Fernandes and the second was a handball by Southampton participant Armel Bela-Kotchap. “Then it’s two penalty situations but they don’t come over the line, especially the first one was a clear and obvious handball so what’s the policy?” Ten Haag continued.
The Dutchman labeled refereeing within the Premier League as ‘inconsistent’ and known as the choice some extent of debate. Casemiro was earlier crimson carded throughout Manchester United’s draw in opposition to Crystal Palace in January. “It’s inconsistent, referees coming up with a policy at the beginning of the season: we’re the Premier League, we want intensity and Casemiro, in European games, over 500, they’ve never had a red card, but now, two Bar. He plays hard but he is fair. Even against Crystal Palace, so it is very debatable,” Ten Haag stated.
He discovered freeze framing a difficulty in VAR and urged referees to be extra constant of their selections. “When you freeze it [today’s challenge], feeling bad. Everyone who knows anything about football knows what is bad, what is fair and Casemiro is a fair player. Tough, but fair and he played over 500 games in the big leagues and was never sent out. He is disappointed. Definitely freezing is an issue. If you do that, you have to be consistent across games. It’s a bit like what it was against Crystal Palace: when you saw the incident you should have sent off three or four players, not just one, if you’re really consistent,” the supervisor stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
