The boss of Manchester United Ruben Amorim criticized his players again, even though he entered the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Thanks to Harry Maguire, the Red Devils squeaked past Leicester, but it was not without controversy.
Leicester’s former central defender nodded home in the last seconds, but was in a clear offside position.
But without Var used in the early rounds, the gate stood with the line man, who was somehow missing four United players.
Amorim will take the victory, but he admits that Old Trafford was not a great achievement-a common topic of his interviews after the game this season.
He said: “We had to believe until the end, but this game has nothing to do with Fergie’s time. I think we have to do the performance so much better with the ball without the ball.
“We had no energy at the beginning, especially in the first half. Then we played a little better in the second half, with a little more speed and won second balls. Then we managed to turn things around, so it was a good result, not a good performance.
“We are not defeated in Fergie. We are defeated in off -the -sided time. “
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“The coach is the first person responsible when a team does not appear, does not improve, it is the coach, but we are here to do things and see the game, study the game and improve the next game.
“I think it’s the little things when you see the games sometimes, it is to control the ball, not to have the ball, not to give the ball in the first pressure. They are the little things, they are the big things, it’s all.
“It is this moment, it’s hard away, but especially at home, but we have to be ready and we will try to make it next game.”
Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy was confused with the decision and joked that his time lost in “offside”.
He said: “We are not defeated in Fergie time, we are defeated in the off -time time.
“That was not necessary. Var, you have a few centimeters in a few centimeters, that was half a meter. It was difficult to take because the team deserves to draw in the end. Then additional time, stay in the game in which you are, never know what happens.
“It was a very good team performance, started very well and pressed United. Very stable on the ball. Deserved to make 1-0 at halftime. Of course we know in the second half that you will put us under some chances, but not even that much.
“We deserve to go in extra time, to go in additional time and maybe punish punishments.
“Decisions like this in our level are difficult to swallow.”
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