'The referee I thought he had an absolute nightmare, he was a joke of a referee, him.'
“Big decisions went against us, a lot of decisions went against us, should I say.
“We fought, we kept going, kept pushing, we created chance after chance and they’ve been clinical in two moments and that’s why they’re the world champions, and I’ll probably say that’s why they’re favourites for the tournament.“We always stand here and as players we get criticised – so it would be nice to see if he comes out and says whether he’s had a good game or not.
“Big moments, big decisions, you expect to get some right but unfortunately tonight we didn’t get any.” And former England defender Neville agreed with Maguire and went further by calling his performance a “joke”.ITV Sport“We knew that was the weak point of the team, but we never recognised how many poor decisions they would make in those types of areas.“I’m not saying that was all down to England’s defeat, I think because people will say it’s just excuses, he was just a bad referee, rank bad.”
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