Rangnick reacts to official decision not to award foul against Atletico

Man Utd hosted Spanish side Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night at Old Trafford, which ended in a 1-0 scoreline in favour of the visitors.

The lone goal, which Renan Lodi scored in the first half, came amid a foul on Anthony Elanga, but the officials didn’t award it.

Man Utd coach Ralf Rangnick in a post-match statement, has now expressed his frustration over the officials’ decision not to award the foul on Elanga.

“I did not think we should have been 1-0 down,” he said. “For me that was a foul on Elanga. That was the only really dangerous moment, apart from the offside goal that they scored,” he said on BT Sport.

The Red Devils manager also felt the officials allowed Atletico to get away with antics which disrupted the flow of the game.

“The second half, I don’t know if the game was played for more than two minutes without someone down on the floor. There were some curious decisions, I don’t know if they were decisive.”

He added on BT Sport: “We had one or two good moments where we should have scored. Conceding that counter-attacking goal before half time didn’t make life any easier for us.

“In the second half it was difficult – it was always interrupted with somebody lying on the floor. [The ref] fell for those time-wasting antics and four minutes extra time was a joke.”