Simon Jordan slams Ten Hag as ‘disingenuous’ Man Utd boss told to up ‘standards’

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag must increase his “standards” after his “disingenuous” comments following Monday’s win over Wolves. That is the verdict of Simon Jordan, who was dumbfounded by the Dutchman’s opinion on the decision not to give Wolves a penalty in second-half stoppage time.

Erik ten Hag reviews Man Utd's 1-0 win against Wolves

Wolves were right to feel aggrieved that a collision involving new United signing Andre Onana and striker Sasa Kalajdzic didn’t result in a spot kick. The incident occurred deep into stoppage time when Kalajdzic got to the ball before Onana’s punch and the goalkeeper followed through onto his opponent.

Wolves boss Gary O’Neil was immediately told after the match by Jon Moss, the general manager of England’s elite referees, that VAR should have overruled the on-field decision not to give a penalty. Referee Simon Hooper and the VAR officials for the match have now been taken off of duty for this weekend’s action as punishment.

Ten Hag gave his view on the incident when speaking to the media after the game. To say it differed from that of his Wolves counterpart would be an understatement.

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Ten Hag said: “After the opponent touched the ball he dived in so it was the judgement of the officials and lucky for us no penalty. I think you can debate it but I think no penalty.”

But former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan has been left far from impressed with Ten Hag’s comments. He claims the 53-year-old would have been the first to complain if the shoe was on the other foot.

Jordan also says it should be the duty of high-profile managers to maintain the same standards when it comes to assessing the performance of referees, regardless of whether it is for or against his team. Jordan said on talkSPORT: “It doesn’t help also when you’ve got the disingenuity from people like Ten Hag.

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“Because it’s a penalty, everybody knows it’s a penalty, and for him to sit there and suggest it’s not a penalty is ridiculous. Because guaranteed, dollars for doughnuts, if he was sitting on the other side of this argument he’d say it was a penalty.

“This kind of disingenuity doesn’t help football because they’re the first ones in the football fraternity to go after the refereeing fraternity for their performances, for their lack of consistency, for their lack of transparency.

“You’ve got a big-time manager – it’s not his job to sit there and make a case for someone else, but you want change in sport, you want referees to be held accountable, hold yourself to the same standards because you’re the only person in the bleeding hemisphere that believes that wasn’t a penalty.”

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