The Scottish international made minimal contact with Son’s face as he swatted the South Korean aside. “The game is absolutely gone if that’s a clear and obvious error,” said Solskjaer.
Man United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (right) does a fist bump with Spurs’ Son Heung-Min after their EPL match on Sunday. Pic/AFP
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Manchester United were sparked into life by the injustice of seeing Edinson Cavani’s opening goal controversially ruled out as the Red Devils roared back to beat Tottenham 3-1 on Sunday.
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United came from behind to win for the ninth time in the league this season as second-half goals from Fred, Cavani and Mason Greenwood cancelled out Son Heung-min’s opener.
However, Solskjaer still took aim at Son for his role in the goal United had ruled out. Paul Pogba and Cavani combined brilliantly for the Uruguayan to drill the ball low between the legs of Hugo Lloris on 36 minutes. But a VAR review by referee Chris Kavanagh resulted in a Tottenham free-kick for a foul by Scott McTominay on Son in the build-up.
‘Clear and obvious error’
The Scottish international made minimal contact with Son’s face as he swatted the South Korean aside. “The game is absolutely gone if that’s a clear and obvious error,” said Solskjaer.
“It was a perfectly good goal. I think that kickstarted us, the performance from then till the end of the game was so much better. “We shouldn’t be conned. I have to say, if my son stays down like this for three minutes and needs his 10 mates to help him up, he won’t get any food. We weren’t [conned], the referee was.”
Victory for United avenged Tottenham’s stunning 6-1 win when the sides last met at Old Trafford in October and kept alive their slim title hopes by cutting the gap on local rivals Manchester City to 11 points.
Son racially abused
Tottenham Hotspur are to take action after Son was subjected to “abhorrent racist abuse” on social media following Sunday’s defeat. Son is the second Spurs player in as many matches to suffer such abuse following Davinson Sanchez after the 2-2 draw with Newcastle United on April 4. “Another matchday and more abhorrent racial abuse suffered by one of our players,” said a Spurs statement. “This has again been reported to the platforms and we shall now undertake a full review alongside the Premier League to determine the most effective action moving forward.”
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