Newcastle is surely the great survivor of this 38th day of the Premier League. Although beaten by Everton (1-0), the Magpies finished in 5th place in the Premier League following in particular at the defeat of Aston Villa against Manchester United (2-0). A match where the Red Devils certainly largely dominated the debates, but which has shot in the space of a few minutes. Following a bad shot of the goalkeeper Altay Bayındır, Morgan Rogers stole the ball before scoring (74th). A goal refused by referee Thomas Bramall for a fault that did not exist after verification of video arbitration. However, the referee had whistled before the end of the action and the goal had been refused. In the process, Amad Diallo opened the scoring (76th) and launched the Mancunians towards the victory.
A decisive turning point that hurt Aston Villa very much as the referee had (logically) expelled Emiliano Martinez at the end of the first period and then granted a (valid) penalty to Christian Eriksen for the 2-0. There is no doubt that Thomas Bramall will not necessarily be welcome in Birmingham after these decisions with great consequences. Indeed, this result causes the non-qualification of the villans for the next Champions League as well as a shortfall of more than 100 million euros as evokes in particular The Telegraph. What to provoke the anger of the villans and in particular their captain John McGinn.
Aston Villa will file a complaint
After the meeting, the Scottish did not mask his emotions at the microphone of TNT SPORTS : “A difficult match, especially in these circumstances. I do not think that anyone in the locker room or among the spectators considered that we deserve to win. Manchester United deserved to win. It was the best team and they had the advantage. But this decision is incredible. I think everyone wanted to make the right decisions when the Var was set up. When you look at rugby, even if the referee granted a test and it is an error, it is canceled. It's so hard to take, especially when the impact on us, as a club and as a team, is so important. It's really very hard to accept and manage. I don't think we deserved to win, but if we led 1-0 at that time and there is only one point to qualify for the Champions League, it is expensive.»»
“”In the future, it will be necessary to review the rule, because the good decisions were not made in the end. I think Thomas (Bramall, the referee note) knew it. It was probably not fair for him either at that time. The guys are devastated. But after three consecutive years of European football, we have to hang on and see what next season has in store for usJohn McGinn concluded. For his part, UNAI Emery also has it bad even if he accepted the superiority of Manchester United over this meeting: “I spoke to the referee. He knows what I think. I don't want to comment. We played with the red card, this action, this refused goal was the key moment. But overall, Manchester United deserved it more. But we showed resilience with one less player. It was a good opportunity to show our resilience and keep our result, but we were not efficient today to obtain this result.” According to The AthleticAston Villa will file a complaint with the Premier League based on inexperience at this level of Thomas Bramall. This is not necessarily likely to give something, but one thing is certain, the disappointment is enormous for Aston Villa.
