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Referee 'told' Harry Maguire awarding Man Utd pen would be too controversial

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Harry Maguire that awarding a penalty to Man United in their 0-0 draw with Chelsea would have been too controversial.Luke Shaw revealed the sensational claim in his post-match interview with Sky Sports, where the defender appeared perplexed that his side had missed out on a spot-kick.

The incident in question occurred 15 minutes into the match when Callum Hudson-Odoi appeared to handle the ball inside the area.Although the ball did flick up onto the Chelsea star's hand, both Attwell and VAR assistant Chris Kavanagh decided against awarding United what would have been a controversial penalty.

After the match, Shaw told Sky Sports that he couldn't understand the decision. He said: "I think at the time I saw a handball.

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