Manchester United had been awarded a penalty and noticed Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix despatched off in the identical incident.
Maxence Lacroix is proven a pink card by referee Chris Kavanagh (Picture: Getty)
The Premier League Match Centre have issued a press release on the controversy surrounding the Manchester United penalty scored by Bruno Fernandes and the pink card proven to Maxence Lacroix in the identical incident. The Crystal Palace defender introduced down United’s Matheus Cunha and conceded a penalty with the contact beginning exterior of the realm however persevering with into it. Lacroix put his arm on Cunha’s shoulder earlier than the Brazilian fell considerably theatrically.
After a VAR test, the defender was additionally proven pink by referee Chris Kavanagh to scale back the Eagles – who had led 1-0 till Fernandes scored from the spot – to 10 males. It was determined that Lacroix had denied Cunha a transparent goalscoring alternative given the attacker was operating on to a free ball contained in the field. As a result of it was deemed a pull, Lacroix couldn’t be saved by the ‘double jeopardy’ rule regardless of a penalty additionally being awarded.
The double jeopardy safety solely applies if there’s an try to play the ball. As a result of Lacroix was a number of yards from the ball, the 25-year-old was given his marching orders.
The Match Centre assertion learn: “#MUNCRY – 52′ VAR OVERTURN After VAR evaluation, the referee overturned the unique determination of no pink card to Lacroix. Referee announcement: ‘After evaluation, Crystal Palace quantity 5 commits a transparent holding offence which denies a transparent, apparent, goalscoring alternative. Closing determination is penalty and pink card.'”
Michael Dawson reacted on Sky Sports activities: “It is a foul. It is a terrific ball down the facet from Fernandes, Cunha will get away from Lacroix who has his fingers on high of him. Was it sufficient for Cunha to go down? Has it continued from exterior to inside? You’ll be able to see his fingers nonetheless on the highest of Cunha’s shoulder.
“Whether or not it is two fingers, a full hand, it is continued. It is a penalty in my view. Is it a denial of a goalscoring alternative? For my part, it’s. The minute he will get goal-side and goes down, that is a possibility for Cunha to attain a aim.”
It’s the highest United have been within the desk at any stage of the season since Might 2023. Lacroix, in the meantime, turned solely the second visiting participant in Premier League historical past to attain and be despatched off in a match at Outdated Trafford, after Michael Owen for Liverpool in April 1998.
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