Ruben Amorim frustrated with referee as familiar Manchester United problem returns in Wolves defeat
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Ruben Amorim felt goalkeeper Andre Onana was unfairly impeded as he conceded a direct corner to Matheus Cunha in Manchester United’s 2-0 defeat at Wolves. United slumped to 14th in the Premier League table as they were beaten on Boxing Day in a match that saw Bruno Fernandes sent off 88 seconds into the second half, picking up his third red card of the season already.
Cunha scored the opening goal from direct from a corner, but Onana felt he was having his arm impeded by Matt Doherty. The Red Devils conceded a similar goal a week ago when Altay Bayindir also felt he was obstructed when reaching for the ball as Son Heung-min scored for a direct corner on the way to a 4-3 win for Tottenham in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
“Yes, against Tottenham it's the same,” Amorim recalled. “Onana cannot go to the ball I think.”. Asked whether he thought Doherty had fouled Onana, Amorim replied: “I think he cannot go to the ball. He's trying to reach the ball and some guys are not even looking at the ball.
“But I don't want to focus on that. I think the good thing is we were near the goal, even with 10 men. That is a good thing, but we lost. “Of course, when you lose, when we don't win, it's a step back. It was really hard with the sending off. The goal was similar against Tottenham. Then, we tried.
