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George Smith

Roy Keane gives verdict on Harry Maguire penalty incident vs Nottingham Forest

Former midfielder Roy Keane felt Manchester United captain Harry Maguire was fortunate not to concede a penalty during the first half of Sunday's 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

The centre-back was guilty of allowing the ball to hit his arm inside the penalty area following a 19th-minute corner delivery. Forest were adamant that a penalty should have been awarded by referee Simon Hooper and the incident, quite rightly, went to a VAR check.

However, despite the ball hitting Maguire's arm, the United skipper escaped punishment because he was judged to have had his arm in a natural position when attempting to jump to head the ball clear. Forest were furious with the decision, so much so that boss Steve Cooper, in his post-match interview, described it as a 'really poor error'.

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