Black shirt accepts wrong decision to award West Ham a penalty in win over Man Utd, Ten Hag’s final match
Howard Webb, chairman of the Professional Game Match Officials’ Association (PGMOL). Admitted West Ham should not have been awarded a penalty in their 2-1 win over Manchester United on October 27, the final game before Erik ten Hag was sacked as United manager.
Matthijs de Ligt tackled Danny Ings and VAR referee Michael Oliver advised on-field referee David Coote that a penalty should have been awarded. But Coote reversed his decision after reviewing the pitchside monitor, and Jarrod Bowen converted to give the Hammers the win.
Webb said that he thought VAR misinterpreted this moment. Oliver is usually very talented and reliable, but this moment he focused too much on De Ligt’s leg. De Ligt’s leg hit Ings’ leg, not touching the ball, and the ball went past De Ligt. VAR therefore saw it as a clear foul and should have been a penalty. However, he thought the VAR referee focused too much on De Ligt’s leg. It should have been the referee’s discretion on the field. He personally thought that it should not have been a penalty.
Webb added that the referee on the pitch can actually decide for himself whether to agree with the VAR room’s advice after reviewing the pitchside replays.
Matthijs de Ligt gave an interview on this issue during the Netherlands national team camp, saying that the referee committee called the https://ufabet999.app team for a talk and informed them that the incident should not have been a penalty. Normally, if he plays badly, he gets annoyed with himself, but that incident was not his fault at all. He cannot blame himself.