Ten Hag slams referee selections after Man United undergo last-gasp loss
England defender Shaw tossed away all of the plaudits initially obtained for one more achieved show out of place at centre-back with an inexplicable handball whereas competing with Lewis Dunk at a stoppage-time nook that was noticed by the VAR and led to Alexis Mac Allister slamming house a 99th-minute spot-kick on the Amex Stadium.
A distraught Shaw owned as much as his mistake instantly after the ultimate whistle, however bemoaned referee Andre Marriner’s resolution to award an preliminary free-kick within the build-up to the fateful nook in query after he had tussled with Brighton attacker Julio Enciso simply exterior the field.
Such complaints had been later backed up by supervisor Ten Hag, who additionally lamented what he noticed as quite a lot of harmful challenges going unpunished throughout an eventful Premier League showdown on the south coast.
“The annoying thing is that the free-kick before (the corner) is never a free-kick and I have seen really bad tackles today, sometimes without whistles as well,” the Dutchman mentioned.
“Every attack you make, they kick you and then from a fair block it’s a free-kick and it’s a corner and then it’s a disappointing handball in the dying seconds and you can’t react any more.
“It’s not about me to offer a judgement in regards to the ref. We misplaced this sport, we make a mistake ultimately and we did not take our probabilities however in fact there are some disappointments.”
Reflecting in general on a third straight league defeat against Brighton that gave the Seagulls revenge for last month’s FA Cup semi-final heartbreak at Wembley, Ten Hag said: “Every defeat is a disappointment but in the end when you lose in the last second, that is of course annoying.
“And I believe the primary minute sums all the things up. We create a great probability, we weren’t medical sufficient, then within the assault after we concede a giant probability by a giveaway from us, the ball on the top for David [de Gea].
“And in the end, we also gave away the goal and that’s annoying because if you can’t win because you don’t finish your opportunities then don’t lose.”