BRING IN VIDEO REFS DEMANDS ‘ROBBED’ PUEL
CLAUDE PUEL called for video technology to be introduced for offside decisions after Southampton were denied a legitimate goal. Saints thought they had opened the scoring through Manolo Gabbiadini, but his effort was ruled out by referee Andre Marriner for offside. Replays showed the Italian timed his run perfectly – team-mate Ryan Bertrand was in an offside position beyond the far post and not interfering with play – and that the goal should have stood. Southampton boss Puel (below) said: “I would like, of course, video technology for the future. “We scored first, but the decision was not for us. “We had a very good start, and it’s always better to be 1-0 up. “Sometimes you get a bad decision and it’s important to accept this. “We came back with quality. “Perhaps we deserved better, but it’s football and congratulations to Manchester United.
“Manolo Gabbiadini scored three good goals, including the disallowed goal.
“There’s a lot of disappointment of course. We played a fantastic game without reward. I hope we can continue on this level.”
The Frenchman paid tribute to his players, who were better than United for much of the game and came back from 2-0 down to level, only for Zlatan Ibrahimovic to win it late on.
“I’m proud of my players,” said Puel. “They played a fantastic game.
“We had many chances, we stayed in the game and came back just before half-time.
“After that we came back with good attitude, good spirit and continued our good work. “I think we deserved better, but that’s football.
“Now we must come back in the Premier League with strength and quality.”