Crystal Palace supervisor Oliver Glasner described the penalty awarded to Manchester United in Sunday’s 2-1 defeat as an “Previous Trafford bonus”, arguing the choice turned the match.
Palace had led at half-time earlier than the sport shifted following a second-half incident involving Maxence Lacroix and Matheus Cunha.
Lacroix was initially penalised for pulling again the United ahead, with referee Chris Kavanagh upgrading the choice to a pink card after a VAR assessment.
Glasner didn’t dispute the potential for a foul however insisted the contact started exterior the penalty space and mustn’t have resulted in a spot-kick.
“There are a couple of totally different conditions to evaluate however it nonetheless feels prefer it’s the improper resolution,” he mentioned.
“It’s not a penalty, possibly a pink card for a foul exterior the field. However the foul begins exterior the field. It’s possibly a bit of bit the Previous Trafford bonus.”
Bruno Fernandes transformed from the spot to stage the match earlier than Benjamin Sesko struck for the third consecutive sport to safe victory for United.
The outcome marked a sixth win in seven matches beneath head coach Michael Carrick and lifted the membership into third place within the Premier League desk.
Carrick praised his gamers’ response after trailing on the break.
“It’s the most important factor for us to take from the sport, actually,” he mentioned. “It’s the primary time that we’ve been in that state of affairs getting into at half-time.
“I believed we had been a bit of bit off to begin with. I believe they began significantly nicely, so credit score to them.
“At half-time it was about being in that place and the way we react and displaying that persona and the assumption.
“Soccer is hard at instances and this league is hard, so that you’re by no means at all times going to have it your individual approach, however to then come again like we did within the second half and switch the sport in our favour is the most important factor for me to take from at this time for certain.”
United’s victory sees them transfer above Aston Villa into third within the Premier League desk, whereas Palace stay 14th.
