Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt has caught the knife in additional on shamefaced referee David Coote.
Coote – one among 21 Premier League referees – was not too long ago suspended by the PGMOL pending an investigation, after a video emerged of him criticising Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp. A couple of days later, extra footage was shared on-line of the 42-year-old showing to be sniffing a white substance.
De Ligt, who was adjudged to have fouled Danny Ings in Manchester United ‘s 2-1 defeat in October, has insisted the Nottinghamshire-based official was fallacious to behave in the way in which he did.
Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt clears up David Coote incident after Danny Ings penalty
Matthijs De Ligt pleads with referee David Coote after West Ham have been awarded a late penalty (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
“Usually I’m all the time self-critical and I can get aggravated about issues that I don’t do effectively,” the Manchester United man not too long ago informed De Telegraaf . “However right here I couldn’t do something about it, I couldn’t blame myself for it. The referee committee additionally known as us to say that it was not a penalty.”
That call finally value supervisor Erik ten Hag his job, with the previous Manchester United boss relieved of his duties at Previous Trafford some 24 hours after the defeat towards West Ham United .
Erik ten Hag was sacked by Manchester United final month after profitable simply 4 video games out of 14 (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
“He introduced me to Manchester, the purpose was to attain success along with Erik,” mentioned Matthijs when requested about Ten Hag’s dismissal.
“He has not been very fortunate. We performed effectively in lots of matches, however we didn’t use the probabilities we obtained. It’s a disgrace that it has to finish like this. A dismissal can all the time be fairly onerous. We mentioned some issues.”
The previous Bayern Munich man was additionally requested in regards to the arrival of latest supervisor Ruben Amorim, who’s but to start work at Previous Trafford on account of a hold-up relating to his work visa.
“He did effectively at Sporting, hopefully, he may take us to the subsequent stage,” added the Netherlands worldwide. “Amorim just isn’t my first coach and he is not going to be my final coach.”
“I didn’t solely transfer to Manchester United for Ten Hag. It’s nonetheless one of many largest golf equipment on the planet, I believe. I simply need to do my very own factor and play effectively myself. I really feel actually match now and issues are going effectively. Hopefully I can proceed that.”
Manchester United are again in Premier League motion subsequent weekend , as they tackle Ipswich City in Amorim’s first sport accountable for the membership.
