Manchester United news as referee decisions explained for Chelsea draw after second-half ramps up
It wasn't until the final 20 minutes of Manchester United's low-quality 1-1 draw with Chelsea that referee Rob Jones really became too much of a talking point. Before Rob Sanchez clawed away at Rasmus Hojlund's ankles, very little had really happened.
With under half an hour left, Jones had little choice but to point to the spot after Hojlund delicately took down a long ball and tried to round Sanchez. Heading away from goal, the Chelsea goalkeeper still chose to try and grab the ball. He missed, Hojlund went down, and a penalty was awarded. Chelsea hit back shortly after and the game threatened to spark into more of the frenzied occasion that had been expected. The standards needed to hit that sort of threshold were missing for most players, though, and it wasn't until Martinez's late, frustrated, tackle on Cole Palmer, that things did boil over in the way United vs Chelsea games have in the past.
Salisbury didn't agree, and despite a VAR check, no further action was taken. "I think he's lucky," continued Neville. "I think when you go knee-high and the ball’s gone, with studs, I’m not quite sure what sort of interpretation it is but I think that is a red."
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