Manchester United conceded a VERY controversial penalty against Real Sociedad in the Europa League this evening.
Tonight’s game was only allowed to go ahead as the announcement of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing was deemed too close to kick-off for a postponement.
Manchester United will have been left wishing that the game was canned because they’ve fallen a goal down… albeit in VERY controversial circumstances.
After a strike toward David de Gea’s goal, Man United centre-back Lisandro Martinez, as he often does, threw himself in the way of the travelling ball.
The referee pointed to the spot, deeming that the ball struck his arm, which it did, but only having bounced off of his body before doing so.
By the letter of the law, this kind of double-deflection should have seen VAR overturn the decision, but yet, the penalty was upheld by VAR.
Real Sociedad converted the penalty, meaning that Man United now trail in seriously controversial circumstances…
Pictures courtesy of UEFA
