Manchester United manager Eric Den Haag has expressed his anger at “three difficult decisions” against his side in Wednesday’s defeat to Copenhagen. Champions League.
According to British news agency “PA Media”, the first group match started with Rasmus Hoyland scoring twice for Manchester United against his old team, but it ended in a 4-3 defeat after half time. Manchester United hot on the heels of Marcus Rashford’s dismissal.
Rashford was shown a red card after a VAR review before the end of the first half for a challenge on Elias Gellert, as Copenhagen managed to score two consecutive goals in first-half stoppage time from Mohamed Elyounsi and Diogo Gonçalves. From the penalty kick.
However, Manchester United managed to come back in the second half with a goal from Bruno Fernandes from a penalty kick, before Copenhagen scored twice through Lukas Lerager and Ronny Burdagji to seal the win for Copenhagen.
Den Haag said: “We’re obviously disappointed because we played well. I think we started the game well. We played our best minutes.”
He added: “We won the match but I think the red card changed everything.”
He added: “We conceded two goals before the end of the first half. They shouldn’t have been awarded. The first was offside, the second was a penalty kick. It was the fourth penalty awarded against us. Four matches. I think there were three controversial penalty kicks.
He said: “Rashford’s sending off was harsh because he played on the ball and the referee needed a long time to decide to show a red card.”
Den Haag said a player was in an offside position blocking the view of Andre Onan, the team’s goalkeeper, when Elyounoussi scored his goal. hand
The Manchester United coach expressed his annoyance at the slow motion and freeze frame shown to referee Donatas Rasmus by VAR officials as he made the decision to send Rashford off.
Den Haag said: “When you freeze the picture, I think the situation is always worse. Like I said, they needed a long time and then they decided to show the red card.”
He added: “I’m very upset about such a decision. I don’t think the match should have gone this way.”
He added: “It has nothing to do with football. Decisions have to be made and I accept the wrong decisions some people make at this level.”
The defeat dropped Manchester United to the bottom of Group A and the team knew they would not qualify for the knockout rounds if they lost in the final against Galatasaray in Turkey. This month.
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