After the match, I had tweeted that we were playing against 12 men, but when we lost to ManUre, we were up against 13. I know that it is hard to get decisions to be fair when playing at Sold Trafford, but the bias shown against us was, frustrating, to say the least.
It was interesting to see this game being one at the top of the table. We are still top by one point and ManUre are now in 5th. Previous games between us have not meant so much when it comes to league position for a while. I watched it with two friends, one of whom commented on the referee being from Salford. I assured him that the referee would be unbiased for this match. How wrong was I! We had a goal that was disallowed for a foul, and I can understand that (though I am not certain it should have been given), but ManUre in essence played rugby against us with some of the tackles which were ignored.
We did play excellent football, though this changed once our substitutions were made. The better team was the one with eleven, not thirteen men. This sadly was shown on the highlights on Match of the Day 2, but watching the whole game, you saw who was the better team. MOTD2 also mentioned that Arsenal did not press, but then they did, fouls were given against them which were not given to them when ManUre fouled them. I was impressed with the way Arsenal kept fighting and I hope that this resilience keeps us winning our other games.
McTominay is a cheat and a caveman. The fouls he gets away with every game without a card is ridiculous. Two yellow card offences and one arguably red card offence yesterday vs Arsenal. When will the first leg break occur? #McTominay #cheat pic.twitter.com/hJ0nikE8vY
— Kim Morten Ognedal (@kimmoAFC) September 5, 2022
