Ole Gunnar Solskjaer felt inaction from the VAR cost Manchester United in their defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday.
United lost 1-0 at Old Trafford to Kortney Hause s header in the 88th minute, although Bruno Fernandes missed a stoppage-time penalty that would have sent the home side top.
Solskjaer s side were poor, with only four of their 28 attempts hitting the target – their most shots without scoring in a league game for five years (38 against Burnley in October 2016).
But the manager was not happy with the nature of Hause s winner at the other end.
Solskjaer highlighted Ollie Watkins position close to David de Gea in an offside position and revealed a discussion with officials indicated the VAR was to blame.
We started the game well, aggres…
Lionel Messi railed against refereeing decisions as Brazil knocked Argentina out of the Copa America, the Barcelona star s rage coming after he suffered yet more international heartbreak.
Messi lost international finals in 2014, 2015 and 2016 but Argentina fell in the last four of this year s tournament, Brazil running out 2-0 winners in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday.
His lack of success for the national team outside of the Under-20 World Cup in 2005 and striking gold at the Olympic Games three years later contrasts sharply with his club career, with Messi inspiring Barcelona to 10 LaLiga titles as well as four Champions League crowns.
Messi will likely have another shot at glory as the Copa America is being held again in 2020 Argentina are co-hosts with Colombia …
Spain ace Isco is thrilled by Real Madrid s appointment of Julen Lopetegui, following his controversial departure from the Spanish national side last week just a day before the World Cup began.
Lopetegui s decision to move to the Santiago Bernabeu despite recently signing an extension with the national team led to a swift departure, with Fernando Hierro taking the helm days before the start of the tournament in Russia.
Spain s dramatic few days off the field caught the headlines and there was similar excitement surrounding their opening game at the World Cup, where Cristiano Ronaldo s late free-kick saw Portugal snatch a point off the 2010 winners.
While the situation has seen some criticism of Lopetegui, Isco says he s happy to see the former national coach take…
As for the visitors, while Russia might find the mood in their camp at a high, Scotland find themselves in the midst of a crisis. With any chance of securing a spot out of Group I this year appearing to be off the table, Steve Clarke s side are coming under increasing scrutiny. Humiliated by Belgium in their 4-0 hammering at Hampden last time out, the former Kilmarnock boss now sees his side enduring a three-match losing run, including their defeat against Russia in their previous meeting. Collecting just six points out of a possible 18 and sat only ahead of whipping boys San Marino, a huge part of the Tartan Army s continued issues has been their defensive struggles. Thursday s guests have shipped nine goals in their last three appearances and have recorded just a single clean sheet si…
Hugo Lloris does not expect Republic of Ireland s controversial World Cup qualifying play-off defeat to France in 2009 to have any bearing on Sunday s Euro 2016 clash in Lyon.
The hosts take on Martin O Neill s team in the last 16 in a first meeting between the sides since Thierry Henry s unpunished handball set up an aggregate winner for William Gallas in extra time at the Stade de France, denying Ireland a place at South Africa 2010.
Wes Hoolahan suggested the Irish owe France one seven years down the line but Lloris, who played that night in Saint-Denis, feels the passage of time will quell any sense of a revenge mission.
I don t know if the Irish are necessarily out for revenge, said France s captain and goalkeeper. That s part of history, that s in the pa…
Having seemingly proved himself as shrewd a negotiator as he is a football tactician, Argentina head coach Edgardo Bauza had a dream farewell in mind for Lionel Messi.
Devastated and angry, the Barcelona superstar hastily announced his retirement from international football after ballooning his spot-kick over the bar in Argentina s penalty shootout defeat to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final – mirroring a bitter loss against the host nation at the 2015 Copa.
This followed heartache in the final of the 2014 World Cup and three agonising runners-up finishes in as many years contributed to an unbearably punishing grind for Argentina s talisman.
But Bauza, freshly minted as Gerardo Martino s successor in August, held talks with Messi in Barcelona to ensure…
Cristiano Biraghi has re-signed for Inter from Fiorentina, the Serie A giants have confirmed.
A product of Inter s youth system, the left-back has joined on an initial loan deal with an option to buy at the end of this season.
Brazilian defender Dalbert has moved in the opposite direction, also on loan.
Biraghi, 26, will hope it is a case of third time lucky for him at San Siro, having left to join Cittadella and Pescara in 2012 and 2016 respectively.
He penned a four-year deal on his return to Inter from Cittadella, on the other side of a loan to Catania, in 2014 but was handed temporary spells at Chievo and Granada before being moved on again.
Impressive displays in Pescara s ultimately failed battle against Serie A relegation in 2016-17 caugh…
Atletico Madrid are prepared to part ways with Filipe Luis. That s according to who report that the Brazil international has been told to bring the money and go .
The Spanish club are still keen on keeping their left back, but as his heart is set on a move to Paris Saint-Germain they are ready to succumb to his wish.
Filipe Luis has had an illustrious career, starting with Figueirense in his homeland, before trying his luck with Real Madrid B in 2005/06. He made 37 appearances for the Los Blancos reserve team, but the following four years he played for Deportivo La Coruna, and moved to Atletico Madrid in 2010.
Excluding an unsuccessful one-year excursion to Chelsea, he has been an Atletico player for seven years now, and he seems ready for a new challenge. He s…
Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti suggested Italy are falling behind in international football due to an inability to find a new generation of footballers and a failing Serie A system.
Italy lifted the Euro 2020 title last July with a penalty shoot-out victory over England in the final, the Azzurri s first European Championship since 1968, but followed that up with failure to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar.
A play-off defeat to North Macedonia in March condemned Italy to a second successive absence from the global competition, having also missed out on qualification for Russia 2018.
Roberto Mancini and the Italian football system were met with widespread criticism for their reluctance to utilise younger players, instead relying on the experience of the…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp declared himself satisfied with the 4-0 victory over LASK which secured top spot in their Europa League group with a match to spare.
Two goals from Cody Gakpo and one apiece from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah, his 199th for the club, saw them coast past the Austrians at Anfield.
Toulouse’s draw with Union Saint-Gilloise meant Klopp’s side cannot be caught at the top and crucially that means avoiding the play-off round when the competition restarts in February.
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“Two top results for us tonight in the group,” said Klopp.
“It was clear, with the defeat at Toulouse (last time out) we made it a bit more tricky but because of our…