Manchester United Manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims a narrative is being pushed trying to influence referees amid suggestions made by Frank Lampard that VAR decisions favour Manchester United.
The Red Devils were fortunate to see Jordan Ayew’s equalising goal ruled out for a marginal offside in their last outing, a win at Crystal Palace.
Meanwhile, Wilfried Zaha was perhaps unlucky not to get given a penalty when the game was goalless after a tangle of legs with Victor Lindelof.
United have been awarded 13 spot-kicks this season, equalling the record for the number awarded in a single Premier League campaign.
Solskjaer said: “I could sit here for hours and talk about this. It looks like there is a narrative to try to influence the people making the decisions.
“But we had a penalty at Tottenham taken away from us which cost us two points. The [Oriol] Romeu red card when he nearly crippled Mason Greenwood. Mark Noble should have been sent off when we played West Ham.
“It should actually be me complaining. There is a narrative but we just have to focus on the game, but I am not going too much into it. I am fairly relaxed on it. Referees are objective and are not going to be influenced by emotions.”
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