Premier League giants Man Utd suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat to their Dutch counterparts Feyenoord in their UEFA Europa League group A match played on Tuesday. Striker Tony Vilhena gave the hosts the lead in the dying moments of the game, a goal that sent the home fans into wild celebrations.
But several replays have shown that one of their players seemed to be offside when the ball was played to him before connecting it to Vilhena. Although the goal was counted by the center referee, some Man United fans believe the fourth official should have been more attentive along the touchlines.
Here is another look at the controversial goal. Please note that this video is geo-restricted and may not play in some countries.
GOAL! Tonny Vilhena puts Feyenoord up 1-0 on Man United, but was it offside? https://t.co/9Vb5jpCJo1
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) September 15, 2016
This is Man United’s first back-to-back defeat of the new season and the fans will be hoping for a better performance in their next games, plus an improvement from some of their players. World’s most expensive footballer, Paul Pogba, in particular, had a slow start in this game compared to his promising performance against Southampton on his Man Utd debut. Check out some of the tweets from Man United fans complaining about the ‘offside’ goal and admitting that their team was quite poor.
The goal was offside anyways
— MUFC EXCLUSIVE NEWS (@MufcinNews) September 15, 2016
Yeah the goal for them might have been offside, but we did nothing at all during the game. Hardly attacked before they scored! #MUFC
— Manchester United (@UTDWorldwide) September 15, 2016
Regardless of the offside goal we've saw tonight that some of the players just don't fancy this competition #MUFC
— MUFC_Calcio (@1958MUFC_Calcio) September 15, 2016
Not surprised. Offside goal but that's hardly an excuse. Our second team is seriously lacking in confidence and Jose needs to sort it out.
— Chiara (@Chiara_MUFC) September 15, 2016
Man of the Match was the linesman who failed to flag for offside!!
— Max Mufc (@maxmufc7) September 15, 2016
Replay shows a clear offside, but you can't say it's not deserved. @ManUtd have played awful tonight. #MUFC
— MUnitedHome™ (@MUnitedHome) September 15, 2016
Yard offside that. Terrible decision. Not an excuse....we've not deserved to be ahead. Flat all game.
— Doc Joshi (@BusbyMUFC) September 15, 2016
Clearly offside ! #mufc
— Nataly Antar (@Nataly_Antar) September 15, 2016