Gary O’Neil revealed he acquired an apology from the PGMOL’s Jon Moss after Wolves have been denied a “blatant penalty” of their 1-0 defeat at Manchester United.
United debutant goalkeeper Andre Onana survived a stoppage-time penalty verify after clattering into Sasa Kalajdzic whereas failing to say the ball, with O’Neil booked by referee Simon Hooper for his protesting in opposition to VAR’s inactivity.
Regardless of registering 23 photographs on objective – essentially the most by an away aspect at Previous Trafford since Chelsea in 2005 – Raphael Varane’s winner 14 minutes from time condemned Wolves to an opening-night defeat.
Talking in his post-match press convention, O’Neil stated he had acquired an apology however that it was no comfort after his aspect’s encouraging but fruitless efficiency.
“We now have simply spoken to Jonathan Moss and truthful play to him for coming straight out and apologising and saying it was a blatant penalty and will have been given,” he stated.
“I spent the afternoon with him at this time, gave up a number of my day and preparation round making an attempt to know the brand new tips and making an attempt to not get myself booked on my first sport with the brand new tips which I failed in.
“Truthful play to Jonathan for saying it was a transparent and apparent error and he can’t consider that the on-field ref didn’t give it, can’t consider that VAR did not intervene.
“It in all probability made me really feel worse often because as soon as you realize you’re proper you’re feeling worse about leaving with nothing.”
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‘It was a penalty’ – Neville & Carney
There was close to consensus within the Monday Night time Soccer studio, the place former United captain Gary Neville and former England worldwide Karen Carney thought Onana acquired away with one.
“The rationale I assumed it was a penalty was as a result of Onana wasn’t wherever close to the ball,” Neville stated. “He was at all times underneath it, was by no means getting there, and will have decided earlier than he jumped.
“I at all times used to say if my goalkeeper was popping out they need to clatter the lot, he is accomplished that, so in some methods, he has accomplished what I would need my goalkeeper to do, however the issue is he is nowhere close to the ball.
“He is determined to disturb as a lot as he can and put the attacking participant off, and it is a penalty as a result of he wasn’t shut sufficient to the ball. If he arrived on the identical time and he simply missed the ball, it might have been a distinct story, however I feel he is aware of what he is doing.”
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Carney added: “I feel he is [O’Neil] proper to really feel aggrieved. Onana comes out dedicated, I feel he takes his eye off it on the final minute, however he takes out the participant. He simply clatters him… it is a penalty, no?”
Sky Sports activities pundit Jamie Carragher, nonetheless, didn’t consider there was sufficient proof to overturn the on-field referee’s resolution to not award the penalty within the first occasion.
“I wasn’t positive after I initially noticed it,” he stated.
“When it hadn’t been given, I did not suppose there was any method on this planet it might have been overturned. As soon as the referee hadn’t given it, I did not suppose it was a sufficiently big mistake for them to overturn.”