After the most egregious of offside decisions denied Galatasaray an equalizer against Manchester United, fans began to susρect foul play.

After a tense first half in which United took a 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Bruno Fernandes and Alejandro Garnacho and the home team responded through Hakim Ziyech, Mauro Icardi calmly slotted the ball past Andre Onana after seemingly evading the offside trap.

The Champions League’s semi-automated offside technology, however, led to the raising of the offside flag, and VAR upheld the verdict. Icardi seems to have been extremely unlucky to have his goal disallowed, according to replays of the incidents.Many spectators were perplexed since, from certain vantage points, the Italian forward appeared to be on par with the final defender. A person commented, “This looks onside.”

Then someone else said, “It’s good, how is that offside?” “Something is off, he was completely on,” a third person said. Icardi did not go offside, a fourth member of the group moaned. We are losing a fantastic game because of technology.

The system’s efficiency, meanwhile, thrilled some supporters. The Premier League doesn’t utilize it. In the Premier League, that Icardi offside would have taken five minutes, according to one.

What Erik ten Hag got wrong as Man Utd suffer Champions League torment at Galatasaray

After a disappointing 3-3 draw away to Galatasaray on Wednesday, Manchester United will have their task cut out for them in the Champions League.

It appears like United will be eliminated from the competition’s group stage unless they manage to defeat Bayern Munich in the last matchday. Even still, they’ll be hoping for a favorable outcome in December when Gala takes on Copenhagen, a team that still has a chance to finish in second place.

After a disappointing start to the season, United boss Garry Ten Hag is already under pressure to turn things around. After failing to end the club’s winless streak on the road to Turkish titans Gala, that pressure isn’t going away anytime soon.Rasmus Hojlund was reinserted into United’s starting lineup for the trip to Turkey, even though he was ruled out for Sunday’s 3-0 victory against Everton. And possibly Ten Hag was incorrect in his attempt to fix an unbroken item.

After scoring on Merseyside, Anthony Martial would have been the better choice, though Goodison Park isn’t exactly a Champions League night in Istanbul. Hojlund was barely noticeable in his hour-long stint; he had 18 touches and lost possession twice, however he did have a role in Alejandro Garnacho’s opener.

If we’re talking about players who should have kept their spots from Sunday’s Premier League victory, one nаme that supporters were surprised to see absent from Wednesday’s roster was Kobbie Mainoo. Not the least of which is that Sofyan Amrabat benched the 18-year-old after he was selected Goodison’s Player of the Match.