Jamie Redknapp believes that Casemiro will be furious with Bruno Fernandes after the Manchester United vice-captain dodged a challenge in the build-up to the Brazilian's yellow card on Wednesday night.
The yellow card for the 30-year-old midfielder means that he will miss United's clash with Arsenal at the weekend in the Premier League. Before the game, Erik ten Hag knew that Casemiro could be ruled out of the next match if he was booked at Selhurst Park.
However, the risk appeared to be paying off as United looked to be heading for victory in London. Fernandes opened the scoring just before the break after converting a Christian Eriksen cutback.
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In the 80th minute, the mood changed for the Reds when Casemiro was penalised for a foul on Wilfried Zaha. Speaking after the match on Sky Sports, Redknapp explained why the former Real Madrid will be unhappy with his teammate.
"From Manchester United’s point of view, it couldn’t have got any worse," he explained. "We spoke before the game about Casemiro, don’t get a yellow card.
"Don’t get booked, don’t get in any confrontations, he is so important and they need him on Sunday. He gets booked and it is as if it took the sting out of Manchester United, it affected them so much, they knew their talisman and most important player in that defensive role had gone.
"It was a moment of madness, you can see he was furious with his teammate Bruno Fernandes, he jumps out of a challenge and that is how he ends up getting booked. It could have been a red card.
"Mikel Arteta would have been jumping around his living room, they [United] have got no one who can do like he does in the team." Redknapp then added: "As a player in that position, all his career he has made those tackles, you get booked sometimes but it is instinct.
"It is what he has done, he doesn’t know what else to do. Of course he doesn’t want to make the challenge because he knows the consequences.
"But he is furious there with his player. If looks could kill. They just couldn’t get over it."
To add insult to injury, United were not able to hold onto the three points in the capital. Michael Olise's late free-kick ensured that the points were shared between the two teams.
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