It has been confirmed that the English FA has reverted back the penalty goal West Ham United scored versus Manchester United was disallowed, and the team was awarded three points for their performance. Jamie Carragher of Manchester United
The decision to give West Ham a penalty in stoppage time against Manchester United on Sunday has infuriated Jamie O’Hara, a former Tottenham midfinder. Even though the Hammers won 2-1 at the London Stadium, there was a lot of drama and controversy throughout the match, particularly in the closing minutes.
United fell down when Crysencio Summerville gave the Hammers the lead, even though they dominated the first half and created many clear-cut opportunities. Casemiro gave Erik ten Hag’s team an equalizer, but when the home team was given a penalty kick, they gave West Ham a chance to take the lead again.
He reversed his first judgment to award West Ham a penalty when Matthijs de Ligt seemed to connect with Danny Ings inside the area, sending David Coote to the pitchside monitor. Jarrod Bowen scored the ensuing kick from 12 yards out to give Julen Lopetegui’s team all three points.
O’Hara is the most recent to voice his opinion on the judgment, which has been the subject of much debate on whether or not the penalty was appropriate. “The ball bounces up and it is a 50/50,” he said to Sky Sports. Despite their initial hesitancy, both have gone for it, and Ings is already losing. De Ligt does not actually catch him as he searches for the penalty.
“You can see them happening in the box all the time, yet none of them really touch it. It is pretty severe, in my opinion. VAR sent him over to the monitor since the referee had not given that on the field. After staring at that for a few minutes, he asked himself, “Am I really penalizing that?”
“The referee has seen it, but he has not given it, and I am not having it. It is re-reffing the game. That is not a proper foul since there is insufficient contact. It is not a major mistake, yet it is not apparent and evident.”
Meanwhile, Ten Hag made a suggestion that he did not believe the referee and VAR made the correct decision. “There was a directive before to the season that VAR should only intervene in blatant and evident errors,” he told BBC Sport. There is no doubt that the on-field referee did not make a glaring error.
