Fernandes insists that United should have had a penalty in Bournemouth draw

Fernandes insists that United should have had a penalty in Bournemouth draw Bruno Fernandes insists that Manchester United should have had a penalty in their 2-2 draw against Bournemouth. Fernandes opened the scoring for United with a penalty, but Bournemouth equalised through Ryan Christie just moments after Amad Diallo was not given a penalty after going down under pressure from Adrien Truffert. United eventually regained the lead through a James Hill own goal but Junior Kroupi levelled in the 81st minute through a penalty which saw Harry Maguire sent off in a similar incident to the one was not given between Truffert and Diallo.

After the game the Premier League match centre posted on X: “The referee’s call of no penalty for a challenge by Truffert was checked and confirmed by VAR – with it deemed the contact was not sufficient for a foul. ” United captain Fernandes criticised the decision after the match. “Disappointed because we did enough to get three points,” he said.

“Had to finish with a lot of suffering and trying not to concede. Frustration onto ourselves because we could’ve gone 2-0 up and from that we conceded another goal. “Not getting a penalty and then we get a penalty against where it’s the same situation as Amad – one is one, one is not.

I know it’s difficult for the referee to give two penalties to the same team in one game but I don’t understand why VAR doesn’t get involved in that situation or with Harry [Maguire] because either one is a penalty and so is the other or none of them are. “Amad is getting to a point where he’s going to shoot and he gets pushed – you can see that something puts him completely out of balance. “It’s frustrating for the small players because they always say the small players are soft and when it’s the bigger players they end up giving the fouls.