Manchester United will seek a meeting with refs’ chief Howard Webb in the new year after being left bruised by a series of controversial decisions.
Daily Mail Sport understands that officials at the Premier League giants feel they have been on the wrong end of major calls on a number of occasions this season.
And they will now seek out Webb, who runs PGMO, for crunch talks.
While manager Ruben Amorim is not thought to be involved with the move, officials at Old Trafford are growing increasingly frustrated at what they see as an increase in errors which may well have cost the Portuguese’s side, currently in sixth place, multiple points.
In October, we revealed that Webb had acknowledged to United that the decision to not send off Brentford’s Nathan Collins during the game between the two sides in west London was incorrect.
The Bees skipper should have been shown red for hauling back Bryan Mbeumo inside the area and denying a clear goalscoring opportunity in a match United would go on to lose 3-1. Chief executive Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox had sought an explanation from the refs’ chief.
Daily Mail Sport understands that officials at Man United feel they have been on the wrong end of major calls on a number of occasions this season and will seek a meeting with Howard Webb
In October, we revealed that Webb had acknowledged to United that the decision to not send off Brentford’s Nathan Collins for hauling down Bryan Mbeumo in the penalty box was wrong
However, there have since been a series of further incidents in which United feel wronged. In their draw with West Ham they believe former player Aaron Wan-Bissaka should have been shown a second yellow by referee Andrew Kitchen for a late sliding challenge on Patrick Dorgu, while in their 4-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers a handball by home defender Emmanuel Agbadou in the area was reviewed by VAR, who did not ask referee Michael Salisbury to change his decision.
It is understood that PGMO have acknowledged to United that each of the above were, indeed, refereeing errors.
However, fed-up bosses at the club are growing increasingly frustrated at what they see as continual issues and a failure to improve.
At the meeting with Webb they are set to seek an explanation, with a general feeling that enough is enough.
United and PGMO declined to comment.
