Erik ten haag
Manchester United first-team coach Darren Fletcher has reportedly launched an X-rated rant after West Ham’s controversial penalty on Sunday afternoon. Erik ten Hag’s side largely dominated the first half in London but were wasteful in front of goal once again. United were then punished in the second half as Crysencio Summerville put the Hammers 1-0 up. Casemiro soon equalised, giving United hope of securing just a fourth Premier League victory of the season. However, their joy was short-lived as referee David Coote was directed to review Matthijs de Ligt’s challenge on West Ham striker Danny Ings.
Darren Fletcher reportedly said while watching the game alongside analysts in the stands: “One week it’s a high threshold, next week it’s not, f***ing joke.”
**Erik ten Hag’s Post-Match Comments**
United manager Erik ten Hag expressed his thoughts on the controversial penalty decision in the post-match interview.
Erik ten Hag said: “First of all, in football not always the best team win – and today it was clear and obvious – and clear and obvious was not how the VAR worked… how they run their process. Before the season, they explained the process of the VAR and only when it’s clear and obvious then they should interfere. What they didn’t do against Spurs, where they should have done, to interfere with the red card of Bruno [Fernandes], that was a wrong decision and now they make a wrong decision interfering. Both had big impacts on the scores of the games. As I say, I don’t criticise any person, I criticise the process. The off-field VAR was Michael Oliver but, the on-field, you have to make a decision in the final moment, and they [took] I think three minutes to decide. But then you have to show big personality to recall this decision. I’m not criticising any person, I criticise the process, and of course there are people running the process. But it had a big impact on the score and the other impact is we didn’t score.”
