Man Utd follow Celtic in suffering ridiculous Champions League VAR decision

Manchester United felt Celtic’s pain as they found themselves on the end of another atrocious VAR decision after Marcus Rashford’s red card in Denmark tonight. United are in Copenhagen for the UEFA Champions League but have found themselves down to ten men after the England attacker was given his marching orders near half time.

After Daizen Maeda was sent off for a challenge last night, football fans questioned whether they had seen the softest sending off in Europe’s top competition; however, this was followed up tonight with the England Internationalist being shown a straight red for accidentally landing his foot on top of the ankle of an opponent. It was clear that there was no malice in the action; although once the referee was told to check the monitor, you knew that there would only be one outcome.

Daizen Maeda’s sending off was a foul, it was late and warranted a yellow card. That was all. However, Ivan Kruzliak checked the monitor and decided to send the Japanese attacker off, while the game was fairly evenly poised at 1-0 to Atletico.

There is an increasing trend of games being refereed by VAR officials that are sitting behind TV screens away from the ground. Former Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou made the same point after Monday night’s game against Chelsea with large breaks in play. Once the referee goes over to the monitor, there is little doubt that they will follow the lead of the VAR official.

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Born just as Celtic were stopping the Ten, Lubo98 follows Celtic home and away and helps run his local Celtic Supporters Club. He goes to all the games and is a Law Graduate. Has a particular fondness for Tom Rogic among the current Celts and both Lubo and Henrik form his earliest Celtic memories.

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