Marcus Rashford lower a annoyed determine after Manchester United’s 2-2 draw with Barcelona at Camp Nou after the referee did not penalise Jules Kounde for what seemed to be an apparent foul.
Rashford had helped United flip the sport on its head with his 14th objective in his final 17 appearances, and was despatched by way of on objective as soon as extra in a bid to increase the lead.
Sprinting by way of on Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s objective, Rashford seemed to be caught by Jules Kounde simply outdoors the penalty space, sending him sprawling to the ground.
But referee Maurizio Mariani determined it was a good problem by Kounde and did not award a free-kick – a lot to the dismay of United supervisor Erik ten Hag who was booked for his protestations.
Kounde would probably have been despatched off for denying a goalscoring alternative had Mariani blown his whistle, and Rashford admitted to BT Sport after the full-time whistle that he thought it was a transparent foul.
“It’s a massive moment in the game,” Rashford stated. “To be honest, I’ve not watched it back, but in the moment, I don’t understand why the linesman or the referee thinks why I’m going down there.
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“I’ve touched it, went previous him, my foot is in entrance of the ball and he hits my leg. It’s clear contact. It’s not a penalty nevertheless it’s 100% a foul for me, however like I’ve stated, I’ve not watched it again.”
Asked about the result in general, which puts United in a strong position heading into the second leg meeting at Old Trafford next Thursday, Rashford conceded: “It looks like a loss.
“I think we did well to get back into the game, the first half was probably in favour of them. We stayed calm, we stayed composed, we tried to make chances when we could.
“In the second half, we scored two targets in fast succession and we felt in management of the end result, however they are a good workforce with extra gamers. I simply assume we have been looking for the probabilities extra [second half], perhaps as a result of we have been a objective behind.
“You have to expect them to [fight back]. They’ve got a lot of top players, high-quality players and if you give them time on the ball, they’re going to hurt you and it’s as simple as that.”
