Paul Scholes has blasted the “stupid” handball law as he insisted Real Betis should have had their goal disallowed in their 4-1 defeat at Manchester United on Thursday.
Ayoze Perez struck a fine equalising goal for the Spanish side in the first half after Marcus Rashford had given United the lead. Second-half goals from Antony, Bruno Fernandes and Wout Weghorst took the first leg away from the visitors, giving United a three-goal cushion ahead of next week’s return leg in Seville.
While Perez – on loan at Betis from Leicester – produced a superb strike to level the score, the goal was controversial as the ball appeared to strike the ball of his teammate Juanmi in the build-up to the goal. VAR did not intervene and the goal was allowed to stand.
