This Sunday, Aston Villa lost to Manchester United (0-2) and said goodbye to the Champions League next season. But the meeting was marred by a gross arbitration error which saw the goal of Morgan Rogers, however lawful, be canceled by referee Thomas Bramall. The latter had whistled a non -existent fault on the Mancunian goalkeeper Altay Bayındır even before the ball crossed the line. Problem, the Var confirmed the lack of fault but the referee whistled before the end of the action, impossible to return to the decision. In the process, United opened the scoring. An error that has not passed. This Sunday evening, Aston Villa announces having written a letter the organization responsible for the refereeing of English professional football matches.
“Aston Villa can confirm that the club has written to PGMOL to share its concerns about the match for the selection of match officials after today's match against Manchester United in Old Trafford. Given the importance of the challenges of today's meeting, the club believes that a more experienced referee should have been appointed. Among the eighteen referees present in the Premier League today, Mr. Bramall was the second less experienced. The decision to cancel the goal of Morgan Rogers, who would have given the club an advance from 1-0 to 17 minutes from the end of the match, was a major factor contributing to the club's non-qualification for the Champions League. In accordance with the standards established during the season, the decision to whistle prematurely is clearly incompatible with the current arbitration directives. The mission is to ensure that this type of situation is examined with the attention it deserves. Unfortunately, technology has not been used for this purpose. In the end, we recognize that the result for us will not change, but we believe that it is important to approach the selection methodology to ensure that high issues are treated as such with regard to arbitration and to ensure that the VAR implementation technology is authorized to be effective.
