The referee and video assistant referees (VARs) involved in Manchester United’s 1-0 win against Wolves on Monday have been dropped from officiating fixtures this weekend after failing to award a late penalty in the game. PGMOL, the body responsible for refereeing games in England, has stood down referee Simon Hooper, VAR Michael Salisbury and Assistant VAR Richard West after the officials failed to award Wolves a penalty following a collision between United goalkeeper Andre Onana and opposition striker Sasa Kalajdzic. The two players collided in United’s penalty area in second-half...
: “I thought live that it was a penalty. I thought it looked like the goalkeeper almost took our centre forward’s head off… and when I watch it back it looks the same. Really, really surprised.
“I think it’s a foul. When you go for the ball and clatter into an attacking player that hard I think it has to be a foul. I’m not overly surprised we didn’t get it to be honest.“As he jogged over towards us I thought he might be going to the screen but as it turned out he booked me and not Onana.” United manager Ten Hag admitted the decision to not award a penalty could be debated but that ultimately the correct call was made.
“After the opponent touched the ball he dived in so it was the judgement of the officials and lucky for us no penalty,” the 53-year-old told reporters. “I think you can debate it but I think no penalty.”’s second-half header. The match was O’Neil’s first in charge of Wolves, having been appointed Julen Lopetegui’s successor just five days earlier.
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