Aleksandar Mitrović received a red card and criticism from Marko Silva for that move.
Fulham took the lead against Manchester United with a goal from Aleksandar Mitrovic and were on their way to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, but then chaos ensued. Referee Chris Kevano awarded a penalty for the “red devils”, gave Willian a red card for playing with his hand in front of the goal, so Mitrović approached him, pulled his arm and he was sent off. People rushed in from the bench, they dragged away the Serbian striker, during which time coach Marko Silva also received a red card.
United used the advantage of two more players, turned it around and won (3:1). After the match, the head coach of the team from London criticized the Serb. “As far as Willian is concerned, if the referee thinks he played with his hand on purpose, then the red card is a penalty. VAR looked at it and things are clear. Mitrović had to control his emotions, although I would like to see if some other players had the same treatment during the season. Basically, he had to control his emotions,” Silva said.
He did not want to talk too much about what happened between the referee and the Serb. “A difficult moment for Mitra, but he will surely learn from it. There were also two situations with him in the penalty area, so the referees did not check it. However, I emphasize once again, he had to control himself at that moment.”
At the end, he also commented on the red card he received. “If you ask me if I should have received a red, I would say that there are a lot of doubts. I would like to know what the referee will write in the explanation, what I told him. I didn’t do anything that was for the red,” concluded Silva .