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Manchester United 0-0 Chelsea (0-0)
Manchester United are now without a win in their three home games so far this season. Against Chelsea on Saturday there was a points split, which is United’s first home point of the season.
– There were two teams that played in Europe earlier this week and I think you see that in the first half. In the second round we pushed a little. Overall it was a good defensive performance and we created great chances, at least two great ones, that could have given us victory, says Ole Gunnar Solskjær to Sky Sports after the match, adding:
– We were a bit careless at first, but after 20-25 minutes and the rest of the game we had more ball possession and built up pressure on them, without too many great chances. But the ones we got were great.
Civil war
The first half offered very few chances, but Manchester United were closer to Marcus Rashford. But Edouard Mendy in Chelsea’s goal stayed away.
There weren’t a lot of chances in the second round, either.
– We expected the labor war to end after the first round, but it has persisted. Two teams try, but can’t, says TV 2 expert commentator Petter Myhre, with a quarter of an hour on the clock.
Just before the time was played, Solskjær made a double substitution. Daniel James and Juan Mata came out, Paul Pogba and Édinson Cavani came in, the latter for his United debut.
But it was Rashford who came closest to scoring for the hosts even after the break, this time in overtime. But once again, Mendy saved Chelsea.
Chelsea cheated to punish?
At the end of the first half, Manchester United captain Harry Maguire threw the ball after a free kick from Ben Chilwell. The replay clearly showed that Maguire kept César Azpilicueta in the duel with the Chelsea captain inside the area.
But referee Martin Atkinson let play continue and the VAR did not intervene.
– On the pitch, I felt like I should have had a penalty. I felt his arms around my neck and shoulders. The judge must make the decision and the VAR is there. Sometimes it is difficult for the VAR to say yes or no. Today it was Atkinson who was the judge and it was he who had to make the decision. The TV screen is on the sidelines to help him, Azpilicueta told Sky Sports after the game, asking him a question:
Harry Maguire had a good grip on Cesar Azpilicueta at 16 meters. Photo: Oli Scarff
– Sometimes it’s 50/50, something I felt it was. So why not take 20 seconds to watch it again? From my point of view, there is a small change that could have improved WAS a lot in the future.
– For me, this is a clear penalty. Grab and hold around. You just can’t do that in the field. He gets away with it, you do it often, but not as often as before. Now it’s the people and the camera that follow this, says TV 2 soccer expert Erik Thorstvedt in the studio.
– I would very much like to hear what they say. When they see that situation, what do they say? If I then ask them why there is no punishment, what do they answer then, fellow expert Simen Stamsø-Møller follows up and continues:
– It is (VAR) a gift for the judge, because he has not seen it. If he had seen it, he would have awarded a penalty. You don’t have to go look at it either, whoever sits down to watch in the VAR room could tell the judge that it was a punishment.
TV 2 has received the justification for VAR which reads as follows:
– This situation was not a clear and obvious mistake.
