The Premier League’s Key Match Incidents Panel has concluded that Lisandro Mart\u00ednez\u2019s goal in Manchester United\u2019s 2-2 draw with Burnley was wrongly disallowed. Referee Stuart Attwell had ruled that Mart\u00ednez\u2019s slight contact with Kyle Walker amounted to a foul and awarded Burnley a free-kick, nullifying the strike.<\/p>\n
The KMI panel was split 3-2 in its assessment that the on-field decision was incorrect. \u201cThe contact was exaggerated by Walker and the decision to disallow the goal for a foul was incorrect,\u201d the panel concluded.<\/p>\n
Despite that finding, the panel did not fault VAR Craig Pawson for failing to intervene. The panel voted 4-1 in support of the VAR choice. \u201cThe decision not to intervene by VAR was split but supported on the basis it wasn\u2019t a clear and obvious error.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the field, the match remained tight after the disallowed goal. Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko levelled shortly after half-time and then scored again 10 minutes later to put the Red Devils ahead. Jaidon Anthony restored parity for Burnley in the 66th minute and the score remained 2-2.<\/p>\n
The result came in caretaker Darren Fletcher\u2019s first of two games in charge following the dismissal of Ruben Amorim. The Scot, who returned to his former role as U-18s manager once Michael Carrick was brought in on an interim basis, won neither.<\/p>\n
The panel\u2019s finding that Mart\u00ednez\u2019s goal should have stood will be unwelcome reading for Manchester United. Whether the disallowed goal ultimately changed the outcome and directly cost United maximum points is open to interpretation, but the formal review has determined the on-field call was wrong while upholding the VAR team\u2019s judgement not to overturn it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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