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“Manchester United” on Thursday suffered a dramatic defeat against the “Brighton” team.
It seemed that the match would end goalless, but in the final moments of added time, Luke Shaw played the ball with his hand in his penalty area, and the referee, after a VAR review, awarded a penalty, which was converted by Alexis Mac Allister in the 99th minute.
After the defeat, the “Man Utd” manager had no complaints about the penalty given by the referee, but emphasized the incident that occurred earlier, when the same L. Shaw was penalized for a foul in the penalty area, after which a corner was awarded. It was precisely after this corner that “Brighton” earned the penalty.
“Already in the first minute, Antony could have scored a goal, but we didn't take advantage of that opportunity.
We need to make better use of the chances we create, of which we had quite a few. However, if you can't convert your chances, it is very important to at least fight for a point. Perhaps, at the end, we lacked concentration. These things just can't happen.
Of course, things didn't go our way also because the penalty situation started with Shaw's foul in the penalty area. In fact, there was no foul there. Today, the referee on the field missed several very blatant fouls, and in that situation Shaw played the ball according to the rules.
Now we can't change anything anymore, so we will have to show the appropriate reaction on Sunday,” - E. ten Hagas spoke after the meeting.
