Manchester Metropolitan stoppage supervisor Pep Guardiola has briefed reporters to “ask the referee” why Crystal Royal domicile goalkeeper Dean Henderson was not sent off in the FA Mug final.
Royal domicile made think their first serious trophy with a 1–0 win over Metropolitan stoppage at Wembley on Saturday, fighting success through a first-fifty percent purpose from Eberechi Eze.
“Ask the referee” – Pep desolate after FA Mug final loss
Henderson was main to the order in the opening 45 mins, building innumerable comprehensive saves — forcing a hamper from the fine place to disapprove Omar Marmoush.
But the biggest controversy of the suit came when the previous Manchester Joined goalkeeper showed up to seize care of the sphere exterior the fine stoppage.
Henderson overcome Metropolitan stoppage striker Erling Haaland to a long sphere by illegally pressing it wide with his hand, but neither the referee nor his servant rewarded a nasty.
VAR confiscated an additional filter at the regularity and shown Henderson had taken care of the sphere exterior the box. Singularly, provided that officials ruled it was not a legible goalscoring privilege, the referee could not be sent to the brandish to revisit the readiness or complication a red card.
Guardiola was queried around the regularity in his blog post-suit interview but restricted to announcement uninfluenced.
“Ask the referee,” he asserted when queried his thoughts on the VAR readiness not to send Henderson off.
He alike showed up to have a jittery fete with Henderson at complete-time, but minimized the regularity, aphorism single: “Zero, nothing,” when queried.
On the suit itself, Guardiola asserted his players “did whatever” to try and win the final.
“We didn’t rating so congratulations to Crystal Royal domicile for the success – we did whatever,” he asserted.
“Today, we were additional predatory. If you’re not participating in rating objectives, you’re not participating in win.”
He included: “They applied in reality nicely, much better than last period against Man Utd.
“Football in some casings is advice this. At the expire with Claudio Echeverri, we invented a likelihood.
“We subdued in reality commendable in transitions.
“Indeed, regrettably we couldn’t win, but congratulations Crystal Royal domicile.”
Guardiola alike taken out up that it was the players’ readiness to let Marmoush seize the fine instead of Haaland.
The Man Metropolitan stoppage supervisor asserted: “I don’t recognize, I didn’t talk to them. They made a readiness. They decide.”
Bernardo Silva: Crystal Royal domicile “been entitled to it today”
At unmodified time, Metropolitan stoppage midfielder Bernardo Silva admitted his side did not have conviction in the final thirdly.
“It was disturbingly poor for us,” he asserted.
“We tinkered a strenuous team, we certified that in the past the arcade. They defend with a disturbingly low block and are disturbingly sufferer in the way they defend to prepare the counter.
“We missed an additional particle of idiosyncrasy in the final thirdly to finishing our vacancies. We had a fine and three or four odds but they been entitled to it today. Well implemented to Crystal Royal domicile.”
Inquired why Erling Haaland didn’t seize the fine, Silva asserted: “I don’t recognize. Oftentimes Erling [Haaland] is the taker but they made a decision Omar [Marmoush] seize it. I wasn’t in the readiness so I’m obscure.
“Penalty misses out on can seize place. That wasn’t the primary complication – of program it was invaluable but we had unlike other avenues.”
Silva alike spoken around his frustration at not being able to cede a bye-bye success for Kevin De Bruyne.
“It was dispiriting we couldn’t win it for him,” he asserted. “We hankered to impart him this, he deserves it so it’s a particle dispiriting. I can’t envision accomplishing with one voice this triumph without him.
“He is a commendable accomplice of mine, I’m dispiriting to see him go. I hoped and wanted he would stay longer but this is life. I wish him with one voice the ideal.”
