Gary O’Neil revealed he obtained an apology from the PGMOL’s Jon Moss after Wolves have been denied a “blatant penalty” of their 1-0 defeat at Manchester United.
United debutant goalkeeper Andre Onana survived a stoppage-time penalty test after clattering into Sasa Kalajdzic whereas failing to assert the ball, with O’Neil booked by referee Simon Hooper for his protesting in opposition to VAR’s inactivity.
Regardless of registering 23 photographs on aim – essentially the most by an away aspect at {Old} Trafford since Chelsea in 2005 – Raphael Varane’s winner 14 minutes from time condemned Wolves to an opening-night defeat.
Talking in his post-match press convention, O’Neil stated he had obtained an apology however that it was no comfort after his aspect’s encouraging but fruitless efficiency.
“We’ve got simply spoken to Jonathan Moss and truthful play to him for coming straight out and apologising and saying it was a blatant penalty and may have been given,” he stated.
“I spent the afternoon with him at present, gave up quite a lot of my day and preparation round attempting to grasp the brand new pointers and attempting to not get myself booked on my first sport with the brand new pointers which I failed in.
“Honest play to Jonathan for saying it was a transparent and apparent error and he can not imagine that the on-field ref didn’t give it, can not imagine that VAR did not intervene.
“It in all probability made me really feel worse often because as soon as you already know you might be proper you’re feeling worse about leaving with nothing.”
‘It was a penalty’ – Neville & Carney
There was close to consensus within the Monday Night time Soccer studio, the place former United captain Gary Neville and former England worldwide Karen Carney thought Onana acquired away with one.
“The rationale I assumed it was a penalty was as a result of Onana wasn’t anyplace close to the ball,” Neville stated. “He was at all times beneath it, was by no means getting there, and will have decided earlier than he jumped.
“I at all times used to say if my goalkeeper was popping out they need to clatter the lot, he is finished that, so in some methods, he has finished what I might need my goalkeeper to do, however the issue is he is nowhere close to the ball.
“He is determined to disturb as a lot as he can and put the attacking participant off, and it is a penalty as a result of he wasn’t shut sufficient to the ball. If he arrived on the similar time and he simply missed the ball, it might have been a unique story, however I believe he is aware of what he is doing.”
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Carney added: “I believe he is [O’Neil] proper to really feel aggrieved. Onana comes out dedicated, I believe he takes his eye off it on the final minute, however he takes out the participant. He simply clatters him… it is a penalty, no?”
Sky Sports activities pundit Jamie Carragher, nevertheless, didn’t imagine there was sufficient proof to overturn the on-field referee’s resolution to not award the penalty within the first occasion.
“I wasn’t certain once I initially noticed it,” he stated.
“When it hadn’t been given, I did not suppose there was any means on the planet it might have been overturned. As soon as the referee hadn’t given it, I did not suppose it was a large enough mistake for them to overturn.”