Manchester United’s away game against West Ham United, although Lingard’s final goal and De Gea’s penalty save ended successfully, but the referee Atkinson’s penalty in the game became the focus of discussion in the English media.
Throughout the game, Cristiano Ronaldo was violated by West Ham United defenders in the penalty area three times, but Atkinson, known as the "Scourge", thought it was not enough to constitute a foul. Fortunately, De Gea saved Noble's stoppage-time penalty, otherwise Atkinson will fall into the verbal criticism of the media and fans after the game.
Frankly speaking, at least one of Ronaldo’s three falls is a penalty kick, but even Atkinson, who has been loved by Manchester United fans before, refused to award a penalty. Manchester United is like how to get it. Penalty? This is the case in the Premier League, not to mention the Champions League. In the first round of the Champions League group stage, Cristiano Ronaldo was also violated in the penalty area, but the referee Lotsi ignored him.
After Solskjaer coached Manchester United, Manchester United won a total of 32 penalties in the Premier League, ranking first. In the 2018-2019 season, Manchester United won 12 penalties in the Premier League (Solskjaer won 7 after taking over), ranking first on the penalty list; in the 2019-2020 season, Manchester United won 14 penalties in the Premier League, ranking points First in the ball list; in the 2020-2021 season, Manchester United won 11 penalties in the Premier League, ranking second in the penalty list.
But so far this season, Manchester United has not won a penalty, this huge contrast makes people embarrassed. In this regard, Solskjaer finally couldn't help it, and publicly fought back. However, Solskjaer's counterattack was a different approach. He did not aim at the referee and VAR, but at Liverpool coach Klopp.
Solskjaer’s original words were, “After a coach questioned why we frequently get penalties last year, we found it difficult to get penalties anymore. But we only need to get what we deserve. Our cooperation in the penalty area There are quite a lot of breakthroughs, so it’s normal to get penalties. In the past two games, we should have won three penalties."
Since Klopp bombarded Manchester United with too many penalties in January last year, the number of penalties for Manchester United has dropped significantly. Before Klopp's bombardment, Manchester United averaged 1 penalty in 3 games; after Klopp's bombardment, Manchester United could only get 1 in 5 games. Look at the sample. This is why Manchester United dropped to second in the final number of penalties that season.
Klopp’s anger is not unreasonable. He coached Liverpool for 5 and a half years and only won 30 penalties in the Premier League. After Solskjaer coached Manchester United, he won 27 penalties in the Premier League in two years, plus Liverpool. Lost to Southampton at the time, and 2 penalty kicks were ignored. How can Klopp not be angry?
Now, Solskjaer blamed Klopp for the reason that Manchester United could not get a penalty kick, and indeed his thinking was abnormal. Manchester United has only suffered one penalty kick. It’s so stingy. Moreover, Manchester United did not lose.
캡포탈 suggestion, Solskjaer should think hard about how to solve the problem that after Ronaldo joins, Manchester United can not score goals without Ronaldo! If only relying on the 36-year-old Ronaldo's performance, Manchester United will still not have much improvement this season.