Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has called out the referee who officiated his last EPL game with United after losing 2-0. The club has failed to make it to next season’s Champions League after the loss. They had a goal controversially ruled out after their goal.
After Newcastle lost 1-0 to Everton, 10-man Aston Villa were on course to qualify for Europe’s premier club competition but failed. Amad Diallo scored a looping header from Bruno Fernandes’ cross in the 76th minute to set United on course.
That goal came just moments after Aston Villa thought they had taken the lead when Morgan Rogers put the ball in the net. But it did not count as the referee judged Rogers had kicked the ball out of goalkeeper Altay Bayindir’s hands.
The ref had already blew his whistle before it went into the net, the video assistant referee was unable to intervene. Unai Emery was not happy with the decision of the referee. A tweet from the Premier League match centre read: “The referee’s call was a free-kick to Manchester United with Bayindir deemed to be in control of the ball before Rogers gained possession.”
“The whistle was blown by the referee before the ball entered the goal, therefore the incident was not reviewable by the VAR.” Unai Emery was clearly incensed at the decision, and was furious again when United were awarded a late penalty after Ian Maatsen brought down Diallo.
Christian Eriksen scored the penlaty and made it 2-0 for the home team as they finally registered 40 points. The defeat means Villa, who had reached the Champions League quarter-finals this season, will be playing in the Europa League next season.
