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Losing Manchester United 0-2 + ​​missed the Champions League! 53-year-old Emery was furious, 3 major controversial penaltys in a single game + confrontation referee

9:12am, 26 May 2025【Football】

In the early morning of May 26, in the final battle of the Premier League, Villa made a UEFA Champions League seat. With Newcastle and the forests overturned, Villa did not seize the opportunity. After losing to Manchester United 0-2, Villa finally ranked 6th and missed the Champions League next season. In this game, the referee's three controversial penalty decisions have a great impact on the results of the game. Villa coach Emery was very angry. He was speechless about the referee's penalty results many times in the game. In the 45th minute, Manchester United counterattacked, Huo Yilun made a single shot, and Villa goalkeeper Martin abandoned the goal. Afterwards, Martin also brought down Huo Yilun. The referee immediately showed a red card and sent Martin out.

Vera had to fight 10 people. Emery on the sidelines seemed very excited, and he felt that the referee's penalty was too strict.

After that, the score has remained at 0-0 for a long time. In the 73rd minute, Villa scored a goal, but was blown away by the referee. Manchester United goalkeeper Baindel made a mistake in attacking, making an outrageous mistake in his escape, Villa player Rodgers made a steal and scored an empty goal. This should be a good ball. However, the referee believed that Rodgers made a foul during the steal and decided that the goal was invalid.

VAR did not intervene in the referee's decision. Emery shouted wildly on the sidelines and raised a protest, but to no avail. The Premier League official explained why VAR did not intervene: "Before the ball entered the net, the referee had already blown the whistle and VAR could not review it." And just 3 minutes after the controversial penalty, Manchester United scored a goal. In the 85th minute, Amad was knocked down in the penalty area and the referee gave Manchester United a penalty kick. At this time, Emery protested again on the sidelines, which was his third protest in this game.

Then, Alex scored a penalty and Manchester United led 2-0. In the end, Villa lost 0-2. In the standings, Villa ranked 6th, but it is a pity that he scored the same score as Newcastle, No. 5. After the game, Emery found the referee in the player's channel and confronted him in person, protesting that Villa had encountered an unfair punishment. After the game, Villa officially issued an article announcing that they had appealed to the Premier League about the ball that Villa was blown away. Missing the Champions League cost Villa tens of millions of pounds of economic income.