José Mourinho does not have a good word for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s reaction to a disallowed Manchester United goal against Tottenham Hotspur. On Sunday, Manchester United thought to take the lead in London in minute 33, but referee Chris Kavanagh rejected the goal after watching the video images. In the end, Manchester United did win the game with 1-3.
Edinson Cavani’s goal was canceled because, according to the arbitration, it was preceded by a foul by Scott McTominay on Heung-Min Son. Son tried to grab McTominay, after which the Manchester United midfielder seemed to hit his arm and hit his opponent in the face. The video arbitration advised Kavanagh to review the footage. After the game, Solskjaer showed his incomprehension about the decision to reject the goal. “The game (football, ed.) Is screwed up. Really screwed up. If that’s a clear mistake … It’s a mistake he had to look at the images. There was nothing wrong with the goal.” To the annoyance of Solskjaer, Son eagerly went to the grass after the tap. “If my son were to lie down like this for three minutes and need ten men to help him up, he will not be fed.”
Manchester United’s disallowed goal can be seen from minute 2:57.
At the press conference after the game, fellow trainer Mourinho was not asked about Solskjaer’s statements about his pupil and that surprised him. “Let me make it clear: I am very surprised by Ole’s statements about it Sonny. You don’t ask me about it. I’ve already talked to Ole about it. If I said something like that about Player A, B or C from another club, that I wasn’t going to feed my son or something, what would the reaction be? It is very, very sad and I think it is very sad that you don’t ask me about it. It is sad that you don’t have the moral sincerity to treat me the way you treat other trainers. Sonny lucky his dad is a better person than Ole. I am a father and as a father you should always feed your children no matter what they do. If you have to steal food for your kids, you will. I am very disappointed with it. As we say in Portugal, bread is bread and cheese is cheese. I told Ole what I think and I am very disappointed that in five, six or seven questions you ignore that statement. “
Although Son was hopefully always fed in his youth, his father is known to have strict training rules. The left winger is the son of Woong-Jung Son, a former striker with a creditable football career in South Korea. Son, along with his older brother Heung-Yun, was trained by his father in a sometimes heavy-handed manner. “He let us hold up four hours a day at the age of ten,” Son recalled in an interview in 2019. “After three hours of holding up, I saw three balls. The floor was red with blood in my eyes. I was so tired; my Dad was very angry I think this is the most talked about moment of my childhood We still talk about it when we are together Holding it up for four hours without bouncing the ball It’s tricky, isn’t it I let the ball in never bounce for four hours. ” Son opened the score for Tottenham five minutes after the disallowed goal, but after the break Fred, Cavani and Mason Greenwood scored for the visitors.