Manchester, England: Andre Onana, the goalkeeper for Manchester United, believes that the decision by referee Simon Hooper and VAR not to give Wolves a last-second penalty in the Premier League game on Monday night at Old Trafford was correct.
Raphael Varane’s header 14 minutes from the end was enough to secure a 1-0 victory that was barely deserving for United to open their league with their first win of the season.
Gary O’Neil, the manager of Wolves, stated that Onana attempted to “take the centre-forward’s head off” and that Jon Moss, the head of the Premier League referees, had apologized to him for the decision after the game.
Onana responded, “No, goalkeepers make judgements; sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong. For me, it was two large people making contact, and nothing occurred. However, winning was crucial for us, and I am pleased with our success”.
Onana made his Premier League debut after leaving Inter Milan in the summer. The international goalkeeper from Cameroon, who previously worked with Erik Ten Hag at Ajax, has enormous shoes to fill after David De Gea, and his approach to the game is very different from that of the Spaniard because he prefers the ball at his feet.
On the other hand, the officials who failed to give Wolves a clear penalty against Manchester United have been removed from this weekend’s Premier League schedule, on the other hand.
After determining that United goalkeeper Andre Onana had not fouled Saka Kalajdzic despite knocking him to the ground, referee Simon Hooper, VAR Michael Salisbury, and assistant VAR Richard West were all passed over for jobs.
The referees chief, Jon Moss, has apologized to Wolves manager Gary O’Neil for the mistake, and the officials in question won’t be in control of games this weekend.
