Casemiro 'crossed The Line' Against Palace – Ten Hag

By Chimezie Nebolisa
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Manchester United coach, Erik ten Hag said Casemiro "crossed the line" as the midfielder was sent off in his team's 2-1 victory win over Crystal Palace.

Ten Hag had no complaints with the decision to dismiss Casemiro but he insists some Palace players, notably Jordan Ayew, should also have been punished.

Ten Hag said: "We played a brilliant game and it was a really high level first 70 minutes until the incident took place and then you see this team stands for each other. It's such a good spirit in the team and they don't accept when a player from us can be badly injured and that's the way Antony got treated. This team sticks together but, of course, you have to control your emotions. But it's really difficult in such a moment and I see two teams fighting each other. I see two teams of players crossing the line and then one player gets picked out, gets sent off. And for me, that's not right.”

He continued: "The player from Crystal Palace takes a big risk with this foul that he gets badly injured by pushing him across the line and you know the pitches here. And then everyone is reacting, Crystal Palace and Manchester United players, and not only Casemiro. He [Ayew] was one of the players who did even worse than Casemiro. Casemiro, you freeze the moment, I think within the shot he's crossed the line there, I do definitely. And you have to be consistent as a VAR. Players and colleagues are hurting each other that bad like the player last week [Reading's Andy Carroll] did against Christian Eriksen and the player from Crystal Palace [Schlupp]; he started this, he took a big risk by injuring Antony."

United play Leeds United next at Old Trafford.