In light Barca being accused of paying refs at that time, this game looks extra suspicious.
What's the worst decision you've seen go for and against us?
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In light Barca being accused of paying refs at that time, this game looks extra suspicious.
That was the first one that came to mind. What a bunch of absolute scumbags Bosvelt and the Feyernoord bench were after the tackle as well. Fergie rightly called them out on it as well. The Shaw tackle against PSV was equally bad.
For us I guess the Mendes no goal for Spurs has to be up there and was probably made worse for Spurs fans considering their appalling record against us during that period.
The problem is that so many decisions go against us these days, but opposition fans only ever seem to remember the odd decision we actually get in our favour. This season has been truly ridiculous in both Europe and the League. Almost at the point where it doesn't even feel like a real sport anymore, because they just make up the rules as they go along.
Probably the worst refereeing performance in the history of the game if we're being honest. I really didn't want Chelsea to win at the time, but by the end of the game I was seriously rooting for them because of the clear injustice of it all.
Real shame that all anybody remembers that game for is the ref and not that Essien goal. My word, what a volley that was and on his weaker foot too.
Yeah, UEFA looked after the Spanish top two on the regular to the point where Alex Ferguson got a fine for questioning their impartiality.
I hindsight given the physicality of the league and some of what you could get away with at the time. Cantona's red card vs Palace that resulted in the kung fu kick interaction was a quite harsh. Barely touched the guy and he went down like he was shot.
Cantona had a target on his back in those days' him and Di Canio.
Referee Stuart Attwell was about 5 yards away with an uninterrupted view and let play go on for a good while, before realising that McTominay needed treatment.A random one that sticks out in my mind is when McT didn't get a penalty for being full on assaulted by Kongolo when we played Huddersfield Town at Old Trafford.
Can't find a video of it but here's a pic to rejog everyones memory
Against - Denis Irwin's ludicrous second yellow card from David Elleray at Anfield in the mid 1990's, for making a genuine attempt to keep the ball in play.
For - Pedro Mendes / Roy Carroll no goal.
For - Pedro Mendes / Roy Carroll no goal.
Christ, I'd forgotten this. Wasn't it the '98/'99 season and right at the end. Remember thinking it might've cost us the league.
Yeah it was the 2-2 game - we went 2-0 up (remember Carragher kicked Blomqvist I think - in the chest to win us a penalty) - and then Paul Ince equalized just before the end and celebrated madly in front of the United-fans
That McTominey eye-poke decision at Spurs a few of seasons ago was quite ridiculous I remember thinking. Led to a good goal by Cavani being ruled out for a ‘foul’.
It looks a worse decision to me over the time, almost a foul on NaniI remember that tackle being a lot more innocent than it actually was. The mind really does play tricks
Or ended up at United, how small things can change the course
The worst thing about this was the cheating by Son. He remained on the floor feigning unconsciousness for several minutes. THFC medics ran on with oxygen believing a serious head injury had occurred. Replays showed there was either no or minimal contact, consisting of the lightest of cheek brushings.
How it ever got ruled as a 'foul' is beyond me but PMGOL doubling down and releasing a statement confirming the decision is beyond explanation when we've seen PMGOL apologising to Wolves within 10 minutes of the Onana decision this season which was not even clear cut.
How Son escaped retrospective punishment for simulating a serious head injury undermines the game.
Tonight has to be up there. We had 100 players offside.
The Roy Carroll save + the Nani incident.
Anyone remember the assult on Giggs by like a Fulham player I think? Probably the worst tackle I've ever seen, and got a yellow. Ah here it is:
No denying the offside, but the headline on skysports.com is a disgrace. So definitive. Any other clubs and it would be described as "contentious". The bias against United is insane.
Scholes getting a straight red for punching the air after the 100th time he was fouled without the ref whistling.
Yesterday’s offside is about the only thing I can remember going in our favor.
Yesterday’s offside is about the only thing I can remember going in our favor.
Most of Martin Atkinson's decisions against us.
Rashford's goal against City last season. Onana not getting sent off in his PL game
One game that always sticks in my mind was in 2012 at SB.
You were 2 nil up the second as a result of a clear offfside not being called. We got it back to 2-2
The sending off of Ivanovic was right but when Clattenberg sent Torres off for simulation which actually was a clip from Evan’s that finished the game and indeed against 11 our 9 couldn’t hold out.
That was the infamous game where Clattenberg and Mikel had “a run in”.None of us know what went on but Clattenberg had lost the plot which fast forward to the season when Leicester won the league we played Spurs very late on in the season and Clattenberg ran that game as if he wanted Spurs to win the game ( they didn’t) allowing then to do whatever they wanted without sanction
Roy Carroll is probably the most egregious decision i've seen given in our favour.
The worst decision that i've seen go against us was an off-field one. Banning an in-form Rooney right before the Manchester Derby FA Cup Semi in 2011 for using "foul language" after he scored his hat trick at Upton Park. The most ridiculous decision ever and conveniently-timed to give City the upper hand in that Semi. Still irks me to this day.
The worst decision that i've seen go against us was an off-field one. Banning an in-form Rooney right before the Manchester Derby FA Cup Semi in 2011 for using "foul language" after he scored his hat trick at Upton Park. The most ridiculous decision ever and conveniently-timed to give City the upper hand in that Semi. Still irks me to this day.
When you factor in the use of VAR, I’d put the disallowed goal vs Spurs after McTominay lightly brushed Sons chin up there with the very worst. They had every angle available and could see how Son initially grabbed for McT and then how he rolled around for minutes afterwards. I was fuming at that one. Felt amazing to win the game regardless.
Last night was one of the worst but who cares - the ref let them kick us all around the pitch throughout the game and he gave all the dubious decisions against us.
3 terrible decisions that spring to mind for me in no particular order:
Nani red card v Real Madrid 2013.
Scholes being flagged offside v Porto in 2004.
Drogba not being flagged offside against us for Chelsea in 2010.
Two saw us knocked out the Champions League that night and the other helped them towards the league title.
Nani red card v Real Madrid 2013.
Scholes being flagged offside v Porto in 2004.
Drogba not being flagged offside against us for Chelsea in 2010.
Two saw us knocked out the Champions League that night and the other helped them towards the league title.
Getting banned for PL games for a red card given in a pre-season game is up there for me
We had a few offside but the guy who scored could well have been onside. It was certainly a very tight decision. And in the days before VAR ruined football would probably not have been controversial, as the attacker was supposed to get the benefit of the doubt. An infinitely better approach than all this blue line, red line bollox we have to endure these days.
It’s probably not the worst but Nani’s red card v Madrid for me. I was in the stretford end that night and I think it was one of the best atmospheres I’ve been to and I was confident we could do it.
I’m still not over it 12 years later
I’m still not over it 12 years later
I think it looks worse because there was 3 offside , Maguire is offside but it’s not as bad as the media are making it out
We’ve had some proper shit calls cost us in Europe over the years. Not hard to see us being on 5+ CL titles if a few of those weren’t given.
Everyone talk about Drogba's goal because it was such a pivotal match. No one mentions Thierry Henry's offside goal in the 2:2 match at Highbury in 2003, probably because we ended up coming back to draw and ended up winning the title. Actually, his equaliser that day might have been offside, but that was borderline. For his second goal, to put Arsenal 2:1 - he was miles behind our defence.
I also remember Elber scoring against us for Bayern in 1998, in a move the probably had three offsides in about three seconds.
I also remember Elber scoring against us for Bayern in 1998, in a move the probably had three offsides in about three seconds.
And this is what annoys me. If we’d lost 1-0 to that exact same goal, the headlines would be about little old Leicester making United looks like twats at home - there’d be no mention about it even being ‘contentious’. Yet the other way round, and it’s all the media will talk about this week, and we’ll probably pay for it with more shit decisions against us for the next year.
worst decision to go against us was to allow maguire’s goal from last night. as an agenda poster, i could not be happy with a 93rd minute winner as it was scored by him. it felt worse than a loss.
Great question. A few spring to mind on both counts.
The penalty we got against Spurs when we were 2 down at OT was awful. The Roy Caroll one was obviously too. Rooney pen v Arsenal was a shocker as well tbh.
The one that hurt the most against us? The disallowed goal against Porto still fecks me off. I really fancied we'd win the European Cup if the goal stood as it should.
The penalty we got against Spurs when we were 2 down at OT was awful. The Roy Caroll one was obviously too. Rooney pen v Arsenal was a shocker as well tbh.
The one that hurt the most against us? The disallowed goal against Porto still fecks me off. I really fancied we'd win the European Cup if the goal stood as it should.
The worst I can remember is the European Cup semi-final against AC Milan in 1969. We were 0-2 down after some dodgy decisions in the San Siro. United, playing in white at home, tore into the Italians. Their goalie, Cudicini, was bombarded with shots. Best slipped Bobby in on the right and he hammered in a goal. 1-2 on aggregate. Then Denis Law put the ball over the line and turned away, arm raised, but a Milan defender - Hamrin if memory serves, hooked the ball out from the goal and the French ref waved play on. I saw the ball cross the line. Law saw it cross and so did the rest of the Stretford End. The ref must have seen it. Milan held out to meet Ajax in the final. We were robbed by a bent decision. Law wrote later that we would have probably beaten Ajax, who were on their way up but not yet a powerhouse, in the final. Milan beat them 4-1.
Jesus, never heard of that. In the modern era we’d probably have two more CL titles then with goal line tech and VAR ruling Scholes onside against Porto. Can’t think of any ties we’d have lost off the top of my head, but then that’s usually the way. I reckon Nani against Madrid plays out the same way nowadays.
ETHs last game against West ham had a shocker of a penalty decision. Something about it still bothers me. The VAR decision was staggering.
It made it worse too that the exact same thing happened several times the following few years and they were all yellow cards. Every time I saw it, it made me rage again at that red card. Fergie had played a blinder first three halfs of that tie and it was his last chance.