Manchester United manager Michael Carrick has criticized the VAR decision to allow Erling Haaland’s winning goal in a 1-0 derby defeat, calling the explanation “staggering”.
Carrick expressed deep concern over the officiating standards after video assistants ruled that an offside Enzo Fernández was not actively interfering with play.
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“I just don’t get it, I really don’t get it, I can’t understand how we’re trying to help referees, putting so many layers behind them, so many people, bodies and screens, and they can’t make the right decision,” United coach Michael Carrick fumed.
“It’s worrying if that’s how the game’s seen by those who are officiating it… I can’t be too critical of the players, and I won’t be because I think we’ve done a lot of good things. Today we didn’t quite find what we needed.”
“I’m feeling for the fans today. We haven’t got as many points as we would’ve liked at this stage; there’s no getting away from that. We’ve just got to move on and get winning again.”
Meanwhile, Lisandro Martínez called the decision to allow Manchester City’s winning goal against Manchester United “an injustice”.
“I think it was offside. What I can’t understand is the rules. He was there. I went to him because he was there in front of me; that’s why Haaland was free at the back,” he explained.
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“I want to be calm now; I want to control myself. It’s so hard, because you lose, you lose a derby, you lose three points at home … it’s unacceptable.
“Because it’s the best league in the world, you have the best teams in the world, the best players in the world, and now we have to go home with this injustice.”
