LONDON — Erik ten Hag has slammed the “course of” behind the controversial determination that noticed Jarrod Bowen earn West Ham a 2-1 win over Manchester United on the London Stadium on Sunday.
United thought they’d finished sufficient to earn a degree in east London earlier than Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Michael Oliver beneficial an on-field examine for a penalty following a collision between Matthijs de Ligt and Danny Ings on the finish of regular time.
Whereas the contact between the pair appeared slight, referee David Coote agreed with the VAR’s suggestion to award the penalty that Bowen coolly dispatched to deepen United’s woes.
“So to start with, in soccer it’s not all the time the very best crew successful, and as we speak there was clear and apparent and clear and apparent wasn’t how the VAR labored,” Ten Hag mentioned.
“How they labored, how they run their course of. And earlier than the season they defined the method of the VAR and solely when it is clear and apparent then they need to intrude. So what they did not do towards Spurs the place they need to have finished it to intrude with the purple card of Bruno [Fernandes]. There was a mistaken determination and now they make once more a mistaken determination interfering and each has large affect on the scores of the video games.”
Requested whether or not he felt Coote was extra influenced on this case by Oliver’s standing as a extra senior referee, Ten Hag mentioned: “I do not criticise any personnel, however I criticise the method and… The off-field was clearly, the VAR was Michael Oliver but in addition the on-field — you must decide within the ultimate second. And he did I feel three minutes to determine and to make this name. However then you must present large persona to recall this determination.”
The defeat sees United slip all the way down to 14th within the desk after they have been leapfrogged by West Ham. Ten Hag’s crew have gained simply three of their first 9 Premier League matches this season — one thing Ten Hag says is partly all the way down to an absence of excellent fortune.
“On this second, positively the luck will not be on my aspect [but] it isn’t about me, it is in regards to the crew, and it isn’t on our aspect,” he mentioned.
“And final season was not completely different, however in the long run we turned this round and we’re [were] so decided it will be the identical case as we speak.
“However we’ve to show this round and it’ll flip round if we preserve enjoying like we’re enjoying now and, on this block — Brentford, Fenerbahce, as we speak, we performed actually good soccer.”
United host Leicester Metropolis within the Carabao Cup spherical of 16 on Wednesday earlier than going through Enzo Maresca’s in-form Chelsea crew at Previous Trafford on Nov. 3.
