- ABC News
- October 27, 2024
LONDON -- Erik ten Hag has slammed the "process" behind the controversial decision that saw Jarrod Bowen earn West Ham a 2-1 win over Manchester United at the London Stadium on Sunday. United thought they had done enough to earn a point in east London before Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Michael Oliver recommended an on-field check for a penalty following a collision between Matthijs de Ligt and Danny Ings at the end of normal time. While the contact between the pair appeared slight, referee David Coote agreed with the VAR's recommendation to award the penalty that Bowen coolly dispatched to deepen United's woes. "So first of all, in football it is not always the best team winning, and today there was clear and obvious and clear and obvious wasn't how the VAR worked," Ten Hag said. "How they worked, how they run their process. And before the season they explained the process of the VAR and only when it's clear and obvious then they...