Manchester United 0-0 Southampton: VAR Makes Erik Ten Hag Angry

Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag (center). (Photo: Twitter.com/@ManUtd)

JAKARTA - Manchester United failed to pick up full points at home to Southampton on the 27th matchday of the English Premier League at Old Trafford, Sunday, March 12 evening WIB.

MU actually recorded 10 chances with four of them pointing at the goal. Meanwhile, Fulham fired 17 shots and only four were on target.

This match was also marked by Casemiro's red card towards the end of the first half. MU had to play with 10 people in the 34th minute after Casemiro committed a serious foul on Carlos Alcaraz. Initially the referee gave him a yellow card, but VAR turned it into a red card.

This is what makes Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag annoyed. "What I think is inconsistency. The players no longer know what their policies are like, and I think they are all (competition)," Ten Hag said, as reported by Live Score.

"We saw him in the Premier League yesterday between Leicester vs Chelsea, VAR didn't work at the time. Today, VAR is working."

"Then there were two penalty situations, but they (VAR) didn't work, especially the first one, clear handball, so what's the policy like?" continued the man from the Netherlands.

Ten Hag then highlighted the referee's performance. Again he highlighted the inconsistency in policy matters.

"The referee comes at the start of the season with policies. We in the Premier League are to be strong and want intensity in the game," he said.

The former also feels that VAR reviews with slow movements and freeze-frames don't help. Instead, he believes it makes things look worse than the reality.

"Everyone who knows something about football, who acts on football, they know what's bad, what's not bad and what's fair," he said.

This result does not change MU's position in the standings. Erik ten Hag's squad remains in third place with 50 points, 11 points adrift of Manchester City (2nd) and 16 points from Arsenal who top the standings.

Lineup of players

Manchester United (4-1-4-1): David de Gea; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez (Harry Maguire 90 '), Luke Shaw; Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro; Antony (Facundo Pelistri 74'), Wout Weghorst (Scott McTominay 44 '), Jadon Sancho (Alejandro Garnacho 73' (Fred 90'); Marcus Rashford

Southampton (4-2-3-1): Gavin Bazunu; Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Romain Perraud; Romeo Lavia, James Ward-Prowse; Kamaldeen Sulemana (Adam Armstrong 76'), Carlos Alcaraz (Stuart Armstrong 55'), Theo Walcott (Paul Onuachu 85'); Che Adams (Sekou Mara 76')