Carrick blasts 'mental' decision as he says why referee was wrong in Man utd draw

Michael Carrick says why the decision making over the penalties was "mental" and how the referee got it wrong in Manchester United's draw with Bournemouth.

United went ahead through a penalty from Bruno Fernandes after Matheus Cunha was hauled down in the box and then Amad Diallo was pulled back in the box but a spot-kick wasn't given.

Ryan Christie quickly equalised before the Reds restored their lead from a Bournemouth own goal from a corner.

And then there was further controversy with Harry Maguire sent off for pulling back Evanilson and Junior Kroupi scored the penalty.

"We had the chances to be further ahead, we got the goal, we should have had another penalty, if you get one you should get the other it's as simple as that," said Carrick after the game.

"They were pretty much identical, two hand grabs, either way he's got one wrong but to give one and not the other, I just can't get my head around that, I think it's crazy and because of that they go to the other end and score and then it is chaos after that."

And Carrick was also surprised that nine minutes was added on at the end of the game.

"A bit disappointed about not winning the game having been one up but under the circumstances of being with 10 men for what ended up being some sort of added time we haven't seen for a while," he continued.

"They decided to bring that back and we managed that really well, we were really comfortable in managing that and I was really pleased in the way the boys finished it as it would have been really easy to let it slip away.

"They kept their heads, we'll take the point and move on but the decision for the penalty I just can't see how you can give one and not the other, it's mental."

Carrick admitted that Evanilson appeared to have "passed Harry" and so it was a penalty but he didn't understand why the Amad decision wasn't given.

"I'm not saying we should be given everything," he added.

And on the impact of those decision he called it "massive".

Carrick pointed out: "I thought that was what VAR was for to have consistency, if one has been given there are enough people to decide that if one is given then so should the other."