Matheus Cunha won a penalty for Manchester United at AFC Bournemouth but Michael Carrick's men were not awarded another after a foul on Amad
Matheus Cunha
Matheus Cunha has sent a message to fans after Man United's 2-2 draw at Bournemouth(Image: CameraSport via Getty Images)
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Matheus Cunha has become the latest Manchester United player to criticise the decisions in Friday night's 2-2 draw against AFC Bournemouth.
United were pegged back twice at the Vitality Stadium after Bruno Fernandes and an own goal from James Hill put them ahead. Cunha won a penalty for Michael Carrick's men when he was pulled by Alex Jimenez, but a second spot-kick was not given with the score at 1-0.
Adrien Truffert seemed to grab Amad's arm and pull him down, but referee Stuart Atwell waved the appeal away. Ryan Christie went on to score at the other end, before the Cherries were then awarded their own penalty when Harry Maguire pulled Evanilson down.
The defender was sent off for denying a goalscoring opportunity and El Kroupi Junior converted from 12 yards out. Less than 24 hours after the game, it emerged that United are to make a formal complaint to PGMOL after the decision not to award a penalty.
The Manchester Evening News has been told that United officials were "furious" at what they considered another costly VAR blunder and cannot understand why similar penalty incidents within the same game were treated differently.
Since then, Cunha has taken to Instagram to send a message to supporters after the draw. "An important point according to the decisions of the game," he wrote. "We remain strong," he posted alongside an image of him.
Harry Maguire reacts after being sent off during Manchester United's draw with Bournemouth
Harry Maguire reacts after being sent off during Manchester United's draw with Bournemouth(Image: Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images)
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Carrick was left incensed when discussing the controversial decisions. "My first [thought] is he definitely got one of them wrong, because he's given one penalty for the same thing that he's not given one as a two-armed grab," he said.
"So the Matheus one, he gives, the second one on Amad he doesn't, which is, I think, almost identical, really, two hands on someone in the box, and they go over and they're in control of the ball.
"For me, it's two penalties, but it'd be interesting to see which one he acknowledges is wrong, whether the one we got or the one that we didn't get. And it's a huge moment.
"You don't give it, they go down to the other end and score and then it needs to be a bigger penalty to overturn just because they scored when actually it's a penalty and it should be a penalty if you've already given one.
"So a bit baffling, really, to make sense of that. And because they score, then the game flips a little bit and changes and then we defended with the 10 men after all that very well and the boys coming off the bench and finishing the game really strong.
"So that was a big positive for us to take the point in the end because we've seen them win late here so we take that, but the penalty one's just astonishing, I have to say, one of them must be wrong."