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Very harsh red that, obviously looks terrible but he's clearly trying to shield the ball and gets unlucky to stamp the player. Red card can be justified if you say he's not in control but I just feel he is but got unlucky. I'd prefer these kinds of fouls to just be a yellow.

The officials are desperate for Copenhagen to win this match

Elbow to the ear and step on the ankle not a red? What the fuck are you smoking?

Tbh it's a clear red to me. I get it's not intentional and he's trying to shield the ball but he absolutely does not need to over-extend his leg to that extent, it's very reckless and could easily have broken the other guy's leg. You need to have better spatial awareness and control your leg extension.

It was totally possible to shield the ball without putting his studs on the other guy's ankle.

10hag bringing best out of Trashford

It’s a red card offence by the rules, but there is literally nothing he could’ve done differently, just extremely unfortunate outcome. It’s not even a dangerous play, it’s him planting his foot down as he is shielding the ball, the play itself is made 100 times a game.

excuse me WTF

Dirty ankle breaking scumbag

LFC fan here, was happy seeing the result, but this just taints it for me. maybe the game is changing, but imo growing up playing, this is NEVER A RED. bitch please he doesnt even raise his foot to tackle or do any sort of dangerous action. its literally a standard screen by moving across the opponent. he happens to catch the ankle.

• his foot movement is downwards not sideways. almost no chance it ends up a leg breaker. it’ll be sore but you cant tell me this is SERIOUS FOUL PLAY / dangerous… var has been absolute tits recently

It’s peak delusion to think this isn’t a red. He lifts his foot and stamps down on the other players ankle, it doesn’t matter if he intended it or not. If Curtis Jones tackle was a red, then this is too.

It looks really ugly, but not sure I’d give that a red. Doesn’t appear to lunge aggressively or be in an unnatural position. Harsh call

As a Man U hater, that's a red

Need to stamp out those, dangerously overly protecting the ball, so i'm not really complaining.

That’s so unlucky. I don’t think it should be a red, it’s just an unfortunate accident. Not reckless or dangerous imo

Never a red

Really don't get these red cards for accidental contact when they let elbows and off the ball incidents go unpunished.

Leg breaker.. straight to jail

Personally I think red is a bit harsh here, yellow for sure, but that rashford is in possession and doesn't appear to see the other player I think saves him. Honestly though I could see it teetering red. Really unfortunate accident though, hence why I think rashford shouldn't have been given red.

Ridiculous decision.

Thats not a red. Unfortunate play as hes just trying to shield

Just when you think r/soccer can't have worse opinions than they had after the Newcastle Arsenal game, they come out saying that this wasn't a red card.

The reasoning they put behind this opinion is equally hilarious

sign a terrible player who's only role is to run around and slide their foot under opponents jumping for headers. Big brain strategy

It’s a lack of awareness from Rashford. He doesn’t have the space or time to shield as wide of a space as he’s attempting to. Unfortunate because he clearly doesn’t mean to tackle, but he’s gotta be more careful

I’m not loving this. Seems like there’s been 4 or 5 reds this year because of where players are ending up with no intention to rather than because of the actual tackle.

That’s fucking horrific. That’s questionable if it’s even a foul let alone a card. If I was ETH I would’ve accused the refs of cheating straight up and copped the fine. That’s ludicrous and exactly the sort of thing VAR is meant to prevent. All time howler here.

karma for going after goldbridge

Intentional or accidental, doesn't matter. Clear red card. Correct decision.

I dislike ManU but i absolutely despise red card decisions like these.

Everyone and their mother knows this was utterly unintentional.

Is this really what a red card should be about? Technicalities?

For me it should be the exact opposite: A red is when people deliberatly try to injure, or provoke injuries.

None of that happened here.

And this is comming from a guy liking Kopenhagen, Liverpool and City.

I feel like the meaning of a "red card" is just completely different now than it was before. Intent doesn't matter at all anymore, instead if the tackle looks bad and might have caused an injury, it's a red.

It just overlooks the fact that this is a contact sport. There's no way to play it that completely removes the risk of injury.

Basically same incident as Curtis Jones red card against Spurs, never a red, but I wonder if Man United fans who called Curtis' red card as stonewall red card stayed consistent and called this one a stonewall red card too.

What’s Rashford meant to do here? We can’t be giving red for this, it’s a nasty accident that’s all

He remembered Bruno earning a penalty for United by stamping Konsa the same way a few seasons ago.

This was a red. The law is pretty clear on endangering another player. Intent, shielding the ball, whatever other crock pot conspiracy theory is meaningless.

Yellow at the most.

What I don't understand is, how come they can go back after the play (that went to Hojlund's shot) continued here, when they couldn't for the VAR fiasco from Diaz's (not-)goal?

Not a man u fan - was this on field or reviewed? Because its clear he wasn't even looking at the player so it's not intentional. He has possession of the ball too. Yes it's bad but it seems harsh a straight red.

Zero intent nor an attempt at a tackle

Another VAR masterclass