Referee’s ‘funny’ response to Ralf Rangnick after Man Utd manager complains about use of VAR in Premier League
REFEREE Paul Tierney issued a 'funny' response to interim Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick's VAR complaints.
The Red Devils avoided a scare at Elland Road against fierce rivals Leeds with a 4-2 win.
Goals by Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes handed United a two-goal lead heading into the half-time break.
But by the 54th minute, United's lead had evaporated with Rodrigo and Raphinha scoring within short succession of each other.
In the build-up to Leeds' second, Rangnick felt there was a foul on his midfielder Fernandes.
VAR did take a look at the incident but decided there wasn't enough in the tackle to overturn the goal.
After the game, Rangnick confronted referee Tierney on the decision to let the second goal stand.
Tierney also issued a funny response to Rangnick.
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The German said: "I spoke to the referee after the game about that tackle on Bruno before they scored the equaliser and I said, 'listen, in Germany, they wouldn't have even asked VAR' and the referee said to me, quite funnily, 'listen, this is probably why you had to come to England."
Luckily for Rangnick's men, second half substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga netted to secure three points and strengthen United's grip on fourth.
The FA have launched an investigation after Elanga was hit with an object celebrating United's third goal.
On the incident, Rangnick said: "As far as I know, there is some investigation going on from Leeds United.
"I don't think that anything happened in the end. Anthony Elanga looked well and he was happy about scoring his goal.
"Obviously things like that should not happen and I think even more so this game. The atmosphere was great.
"At times we had to cool down things on the pitch a little bit but this is what I did when I walked onto the pitch (during a late melee). I didn't want anything to happen - no yellow or red cards.
"In moments like this, I think it's important to try and cool things down."
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