Leading players and referees are split over the last-gasp penalty award which sent Manchester United through to the Champions League quarter-finals. Referee Denis Skomina awarded Manchester United a late penalty in Paris (John Walton/PA)City won 3-2 despite the awarding of two penalties in a 10-minute period in which technical issues were affecting the video playback. Clattenburg wrote in the Daily Mail: “Let’s be clear, referee Damir Skomina applied the laws as UEFA wish them to be in awarding Manchester United their late penalty in Paris. Mark Clattenburg says Manchester United should not have been awarded a late penalty (Nick Potts/PA)“But PSG will be furious, and I understand why. This, for me, should not have been a penalty as Presnel Kimpembe did not deliberately handle the ball.

Source: Irish Examiner March 07, 2019 08:48 UTC