Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has blasted referee Sven Jablonski following England’s frustrating draw with Uruguay. He recently questioned how Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo remained on the pitch after a horror tackle on Phil Foden, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the tackle on Foden definitely deserved a red card, and the leniency shown could have had dire consequences ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
Maguire added that ahead of the tournament in North America, referees should not be allowing dangerous tackles like that.
His words, “You don’t see tackles like that and not get red cards. A couple of months from the World Cup and we’ve got referees allowing tackles like that… It’s disappointing.
We have to move on and manage the game better and come away with the victory. It was a good work out there, many positives and things to work on as well.
I thought Ben White was brilliant when he came on. I can’t say anything about the defending for that one (the penalty) – if that was me in that position I’d be attempting to block the shot as well. That’s what we’ve got to do. That’s a real soft penalty.”
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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992 the left and the right, but he’s not got any sense of danger yet, and empties the midfield area too readily.
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