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Aston Villa troll after controversial decision leads to Manchester United penalty
Whoever was running the Aston Villa Twitter page during Thursday's home Premier League match versus Manchester United deserves a gold star.
In the 26th minute of play, Villa's Ezri Konsa was deemed to have fouled United's Bruno Fernandes following a video assistant referee (VAR) review.
Fernandes delivered from the spot to give the visitor's a 1-0 advantage.
However, replays showed that Fernandes was guilty of stepping on Konsa while attempting a spin:
Bruno Fernandes stamps on a player's leg and gets a penalty. One of the worst decisions made and it was reviewed as well. Not surprised its Jon Moss #AVLMUN pic.twitter.com/jabvUe3wcE
— Irvin_ (@LfcOkx) July 9, 2020
This, naturally, set Twitter ablaze:
Bruno going down clutching his leg that he used to stamp on Konsa. Typical UTD bias in the decision #AVFC #AVLMUN
— Aston Villa (@Astonvilla475) July 9, 2020
Studs in Konsa’s ankle? Penalty to Man Utd.#AVFC #AVLMUN pic.twitter.com/qRo2LhAwm8
— Ty Bracey (@TyBracey) July 9, 2020
That is criminal, he stood on Konsas foot??????? #avfc
— Eve Stokes (@evestokesxx) July 9, 2020
Most notably, the official Villa Twitter account pondered the referee's decision:
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) July 9, 2020
As long-time manager Jose Mourinho has taught, remaining silent is often the best practice regarding these situations:
Villa entered the day 19th in the league table and facing relegation to the Championship.
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