Rodgers fumes at ref verdict

BRENDAN RODGERS complained of refereeing doublestandards after his side were denied a win at Old Trafford.

Leicester felt Scott McTominay should have been sent off for a lunge that caught James Maddison early in the second half and Rodgers also accused United defender Raphael Varane of ‘being clever’ to deny his side a winner through a VAR check.

McTominay escaped with a yellow when he left Maddison in agony and United boss Ralf Rangnick took the hint by taking the midfielder off soon after.

‘We had a similar situation at West Ham earlier in the season when Ayoze Perez took a heavy touch then caught his opponent.

‘He got a red card. Scott was heavily committed in his challenge after a heavy touch it could easily have been the same.

‘James had pain in his foot but we’re thankful he could continue and played fantastically.’

Maddison was also at the

centre of another late controversy when he struck after 80 minutes only for it to be chalked off by a VAR check for a foul by Kelechi Iheanacho on Varane, who went down as if shot.

‘I am disappointed. Varane has used his experience. He gets the contact and goes down,’ added

Rodgers, with Maddison also unhappy at the disallowed goal.

‘The way Varane went down, I thought it was a twist injury,’ said the midfielder. ‘I’m obviously going to be biased and say it’s not a foul. As soon as the referee went to the monitor, I knew it was going to spoil my party.’