Ruud van Nistelrooy criticizes ‘offside time’ official error in Manchester United FA Cup defeat

Ruud Van Nisterlooy said his Leicester City side was defeated in “Offside -Time” after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester United because of an official who has not seen an offside.

Harry Maguire headed into a hairdresser in Bruno Fernandes in the 93rd minute, but the assistant judge could not see that England’s defender was offside in the construction of the goal.

Leicester -Chef van Nistelrooy criticized the mistake of the official and told ITV Sport after the game: “We were not defeated in the Fergie time. We were defeated in ‘offside -time’. This was not necessary.

“If you have to (an offside that is) a few centimeters, inches. This was half a meter, clear and in line. It’s hard to take because the team deserved the draw.

“With extra time, if you stay in the game, you never know what happens. It was a really good team performance. We started really well, pressed United, on the ball very stable. We deserved to go 1-0 up at half time.

“Of course, we knew there would be some pressure on us in the second half and some chances, but not even so much. So we deserved to go for extra time and go in the fight for extra time and maybe sanctions. So decisions like this at our level are hard to swallow. “

Leicester went into half-time 1-0 thanks to a goal from Bobby de Cordova-Reid in the 42nd minute.

However, compensation equalized Joshua Zirkzee in the 68th minute, before Maguire’s late winner ensured that United would be in the hat for the fifth round.

Had the goal been correct not allowed, the game was on course to enter extra time and a potential penalty kick.

Van Nisterlooy said at his press conference after the match: “It’s hard to take because the game was decided on a mistake. It was clear. It’s not a matter of was where you have to see millimeters, it was half a meter, it was clear.

“The team did not deserve to lose the game this way because they fought and they played well. It’s one, you can’t turn it back, so we have to live with it. We are all people and make mistakes, but at this level it is not good enough. That’s it and for me. There is enough to be said about it. “

The Football Association decided that the video assistant judge (was) would only be introduced from the fifth round of the FA Cup onwards, which means it was not in operation to correct the line man’s mistake at Old Trafford on Friday.

A draw for the FA Cup fifth round correctly be done on February 10th.

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