Alvaro Arbeloa has accused the referees of not wanting Manchester United to lose against Fulham because of the injustice Michael Carrick’s side faced in the Manchester derby last weekend. United rescued a 1-1 draw after Matheus Cunha scored a deflected 89th-minute equaliser – but Fulham head coach Arbeloa was furious that, 35 seconds before the goal, United were given a free-kick for a foul on Harry Maguire on the halfway line. Arbeloa felt the free-kick for Cesar Palacios’ foul on Maguire was soft and felt that referee Michael Oliver and his team of officials gave “all fouls” to United – because of the “error in judgement” by the officials who incorrectly awarded Erling Haaland’s Manchester derby winner at Old Trafford last weekend. “All fouls for them,” Arbeloa told Sky Sports.
“You can see before they scored, the foul against Maguire, he’s a guy who is 100 kilos. Every decision was for them. “And I knew. I knew after the game against Man City that they [would not] let Manchester United lose here.
We deserved a little bit more. “We were so close. So, so close. We were a little bit unlucky again.
We knew it would be difficult against this big team. “Also we knew what happened last week. We have seen what the referees have been doing in all the matches so it was a difficult game. And we we were unlucky.” Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
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