We are defeated in offside time, not Fergie time: Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy after Manchester United win FA Cup tie with controversial goal | Football News
Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy was left fuming after Manchester United’s Harry Maguire scored a late controversial goal which dumped the Foxes out of the FA Cup. “We are not defeated in Fergie time, we are defeated in offside time,” Nistelrooy said after the match. Television replays showed Maguire appeared to be offside, but the linesman did not raise his flag and VAR is not used in the FA Cup until the fifth round. “(VAR) wasn’t necessary. Look, VAR you have a couple of centimetres, couple of inches. This was half a metre clear in line. It’s a hard one to take. We deserved to go into extra time and go for the battle in extra time and maybe penalties,” the former Dutch forward said. Story continues below this ad The result handed United only their third win in their last eight games at Old Trafford across all competitions, and the fans something to cheer about after a smattering of boos saw the team off at halftime. In the match, holders United were poor …
