Corrupt? Man Utd fans will be livid with Mike Dean’s explanation on Hojlund penalty snub

Mike Dean has bizarrely suggested the coming together between Ruben Dias and Rasmus Hojlund in Sunday’s Manchester derby was not enough to warrant a penalty ‘in a game like this’.

With United 1-0 down, Dias sent Hojlund tumbling to the floor with a clumsy challenge inside the box.

Hojlund and his United teammates screamed for a penalty but Anthony Taylor waved away the protests, while VAR also failed to intervene.

“The referee’s call of no penalty for the challenge between Højlund and Dias was checked and confirmed by VAR...