straight to your inbox every day for freeReferee Stuart Attwell admitted to Harry Maguire that it would have been controversial for him to award Manchester United a penalty against Chelsea.
That is according to United defender Luke Shaw, who revealed the details of a first-half conversation between the official and the United captain.
The VAR intervened when Callum Hudson-Odoi appeared to handle the ball in the Chelsea box under pressure from Mason Greenwood.
A penalty would have changed the game, which was eventually drawn 0-0 at Stamford Bridge. Speaking to Sky Sports afterwards, United star Shaw said he found the situation confusing. "At the time I saw a handball," said Shaw. "I didn't know whether it was Mason or Callum.
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