Middlesbrough manager Chris Wilder has admitted that his side’s equalizer should’ve been chalked off by VAR after it hit a player’s arm in the build-up.
He said after the game: “We rode our luck and took our chances.
“The decisions that are made through VAR have changed since I left the Premier League - I thought straight away it was handball. I thought it would be chalked out and delighted it wasn't.
“The manager of Manchester United will be scratching his head at how they’ve not gone through. We got a couple of breaks and we took advantage of it.”
Ralf Rangnick was also infuriated to see it being given, saying: “How can it be accidental if he controls the ball up in the air with his hand? It was clear it should not stand but in the end I was really surprised it stood.
“In the first half we should have easily been 3-0 up and second half we had chances too. We should have won the game in normal time. On penalties it can happen what happened today.”
VAR apparently labeled the clear handball as an ‘accidental handball’ which is why it was given.
The Red Devils were unable to get the winner after that surprising equalizer and went onto lose in the penalty shooutout, getting knocked out of the FA Cup.
