At least Dick Turpin had the decency to wear a mask. This was bare-faced robbery. United were robbed of their nine-match unbeaten run. Robbed of a deserved point. Robbed by a decision not to send off goalscorer Kai Havertz AND not to award the Mags a penalty.
No wonder it all leaves a sour taste especially with the winner coming just a minute from the end of normal time when Havertz should never have been on the field. His elbow smashed into the face of Dan Burn just before half-time producing an ugly swelling down the right hand side of his head but referee David Coote brandished just a yellow card when it was an obvious red.
Then to rub salt into a hurting wound Burn, so good yet again, switched off momentarily to allow Harvertz to steal a yard on him and hit a stunning winner with time running out. Coote also refused to give United a blatant penalty on 54 minutes when Trevoh Chalobah grabbed a huge chunk of Jacob Murphy's shirt holding on for dear life and then thrust a leg across him to bring him down.
