Solskjaer, Shaw escape FA punishment

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and defender Luke Shaw will face no further action over their post-match comments about the referee in Sunday’s goalless draw at Chelsea.

United were left frustrated by Stuart Attwell’s decision not to award a penalty against Callum Hudson-Odoi for a handball during the first half of their Premier League meeting at Stamford Bridge.

Shaw later told Sky Sports that he had heard Attwell tell United captain Harry Maguire that there would be “a lot of talk” if he awarded the spot-kick but United later moved to clarify

Shaw’s comments, insisting that the leftback had misheard the conversation between Maguire and Attwell.

The United manager went on to claim that rival clubs were influencing referees by drawing attention to the number of penalties that his side win.

Solskjaer was also unhappy with Chelsea for an article published on the club’s official website which referenced an incident between Maguire and Cesar Azpilicueta in October’s reverse fixture.

“There’s loads of talk about us getting penalties when there is no doubt whatsoever. And now, today, we should have had a penalty,” Solskjaer said.

The FA reviewed Solskjaer and Shaw’s postmatch comments but did not consider them to breach their rules or regulations.

Players and managers can be punished for making comments about officials which are deemed to “imply bias or attack their integrity”.

Attwell was advised to review his decision not to award a penalty against Hudson-Odoi by Chris Kavanagh, the VAR, but chose to stand by his original call. – The Independent