In Gameweek 31 of the Premier League, Manchester United drew 2-2 away to Bournemouth. After the match, Manchester United manager Michael Carrick spoke to Sky Sports.
On the match
Carrick said: “A lot happened late on in the game. I thought we had some good chances early on, some really good chances. I felt we deserved to get in front and play with more control in the game. We scored a goal, and we should have had another penalty. If you give one, you have to give the other. For me, the two were almost identical — both were pulls. So the referee got one wrong, either way. I just can’t understand giving one and not the other. It’s madness.Because we didn’t get it, they went up the other end, scored, and the game really got chaotic from there.”
“Disappointing not to win the game from a winning position. But under those circumstances, with 10 men, that long stoppage time we haven’t seen in a while, the referee bringing that foul back, we dealt with the situation really well again and controlled the game in our way with real composure. So I’m pleased with how the boys saw the game out.It would have been easy for the game to get away from us in that situation. They stayed calm and got a point. We’ll take that point in the end and move on. It’s just the penalty decision — I can’t understand how you give one and not the other. It’s simply madness.”
On how similar the two penalty incidents were
Carrick said: “Where do you start? Look, maybe their player went past Maguire, it was the correct decision, he gave the penalty. I don’t have too much of an issue with it — I haven’t seen it back, to be fair, but I understand the call if he got past him and had a goalscoring opportunity, so I’m not saying we got everything right.But it shouldn’t have happened because we should have had the other penalty, the game would have been completely different, and it ended in chaos. It’s done now.”
On how crucial those moments are when things don’t go your way
Carrick said: “Hugely crucial. Absolutely hugely crucial. That’s what VAR is there for — to clear up mistakes and be consistent. Whatever they think, if the first one is given, there must be enough people who can see the second one is the same situation. Two different decisions, so it’s a bit confusing really.”
