Dean Smith: “It’s not a penalty, Pogba has tripped himself”

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It was not easy and the opponent almost lost points, but Manchester United clung tonight (Friday) to Liverpool at the top of the English league thanks to a 1: 2 victory over Aston Villa. The winning goal was scored by Bruno Fernandez with another accurate penalty, after Paul Pogba failed in the box, an event that continued to be talked about quite a bit after the match.

Dean Smith, The losing coach, insisted that the penalty should not have been whistled: “At first I really thought there was a penalty, but after the game I watched the video and saw that he tripped himself. I do not understand why Michael Oliver could not go check it himself. For that there is a VAR “No? I do not think it should be Pendel.”

On the other hand, Ola Gunnar Solskjaer Enjoyed the victory and the ability of his players: “Three points is something that always makes you happy. The performance was good and we created situations. There was a good save at the end and Eric Bay also provided a good block, so it probably saved us two points. It felt like a cup final in the final minutes. “We are very happy with our position in the table and the tie with Liverpool, we have shown that we have improved a lot in the last year. Last year at the beginning of the year we lost to Arsenal, and now we see that we are getting stronger. 2021 can not be worse than 2020, we will keep our fingers crossed.”


Conqueror of the Victory Gate, Fernandesh, We summed up the match: “We knew Aston Villa play well, go for it in the league and have qualities. We played well and created more situations, and the most important thing is the three points. The penalties? It’s important to score, no matter how. The main thing is to win games. “I am full of confidence, otherwise I would have let someone else kick. Liverpool? There is still a lot of time until the end of the season so we have to keep moving forward. We must maintain this mentality of victories.”

Solshiar He also referred to Fernandez’s penalties and Paul Pogba’s ability: “Bruno is never afraid to miss penalties, he always wants to take them. Paul is getting better day by day, and tonight he played well too.”

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