Corrupt? Mike Dean’s worrying Man Utd penalty snub explanation

Mike Dean has bizarrely prompt the approaching collectively between Ruben Dias and Rasmus Hojlund in Sunday’s Manchester derby was not sufficient to warrant a penalty ‘in a sport like this’.

With United 1-0 down, Dias despatched Hojlund tumbling to the ground with a careless problem contained in the field.

Hojlund and his United teammates screamed for a penalty however Anthony Taylor waved away the protests, whereas VAR additionally did not intervene.

“The referee’s name of no penalty for the problem between Højlund and Dias was checked and confirmed by VAR, deeming it was regular contact,” the Premier League’s Match Centre account defined on X.

Commentating on the match dwell for Sky Sports activities, former Man Utd captain Gary Neville believes the Pink Devils definitely had a case for a spot-kick.

“It was clumsy, that we do know,” mentioned Neville (through BBC Sport). “It might have simply been a coming collectively however Dias appeared to step throughout the Manchester United striker. I believe there’s one thing in it, his left leg goes throughout Hojlund’s knee.”

Sky minimize to their studio referee and former Premier League official Mike Dean, who bizarrely claimed the conflict didn’t warrant a penalty ‘in a sport like this’.

“I assumed it was a pure coming collectively,” mentioned Dean, including: “I don’t assume that’s sufficient in a sport like this.”

Mike Dean feedback spotlight worrying refereeing normal

From VAR to scandals, Premier League referees have come beneath an immense quantity of strain lately.

Dean’s feedback are more likely to invite extra scrutiny, successfully confirming what many already counsel is true: that referees officiate sure video games in a different way from others.

Dean saying that Dias’ conflict with Hojlund isn’t sufficient to warrant a penalty ‘in a sport like this’ suggests he would award a spot-kick for the same incident in a sport between, for instance, Nottingham Forest and West Ham.

Or would Man Utd have been given the penalty had they been enjoying lesser opposition, fairly than the present Premier League champions in a derby match?

Absolutely, all matches must be refereed to the identical requirements, with incidents like fouls within the field goal selections fairly than one thing judged on the magnitude of a selected fixture.