Manchester United reacted angrily to what they described as baffling refereeing after a chaotic 2-2 draw at Bournemouth, a game in which two penalties were awarded and another was not. The match was punctuated by three controversial incidents that overshadowed Harry Maguire’s England recall and eventual sending-off.
Maguire was dismissed late on for pulling Evanilson back in the box, a straight red card that led to a Bournemouth penalty converted by Junior Kroupi. Earlier, though, United had a spot-kick appeal rejected when Amad Diallo appeared to be held by Adrien Truffert inside the area while United led 1-0 from a Bruno Fernandes penalty. Interim manager Michael Carrick described the officiating as 'baffling', saying the two challenges looked 'almost identical' and that he could not understand how one was punished and the other not.
Fernandes also questioned the inconsistency, pointing out that United might have been 2-0 up and asking why VAR did not intervene after the Diallo incident if a similar foul produced Bournemouth’s later penalty. 'One is awarded as a penalty, the other one not,' he said, adding that he did not understand why VAR did not get involved.
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