Fearing that Paul Pogba would receive a red card, coach Solskjaer had to withdraw him after the first half of the match MU won Granada 2-0 in the Europa League.
MU won 2-0 at Old Trafford’s home field in the quarterfinals of the Europa League against Granada. This victory helped MU defeat Granada with a total of 4-0 after two matches and won the right to enter the semi-finals to face AS Roma.
In the quarter-finals of the second leg at Old Trafford, coach Solskjaer unexpectedly let Paul Pogba take the captain’s armband, but the French midfielder played only for 45 minutes in the first half and was replaced by Van De Beek after half-time.
Pogba was warned by the referee with a yellow card in the 17th minute, claiming that the French international hit the elbow against the visitors’ midfielder Sanchez. Pogba told BT Sport that the referee’s decision to withdraw the yellow card was wrong. “I have to leave the field, this yellow card is regrettable,” said the French midfielder. For me, this yellow card is difficult to accept, I think it is a situation where the opponent fouled me. I got the yellow card and we won which is the most important thing. ”
Pogba said that receiving a yellow card in the 17th minute was unfair to him. Photo: EPA.
Paul Pogba also said that the Granada players tried to do everything they could to get Pogba sent off, thereby making the number 6 of MU unable to play in the Europa League semi-final against AS Roma.
When asked by the media whether the Granada players were deliberately angry so that he had to receive a second yellow card? To this question, Pogba answered frankly: “that is for sure”. Pogba added: “The penalty only happened after all the Granada players tried to knock me out of the game. I think the coach can also see that it’s better to let me off before I get a red card and make it difficult for my teammates. ”
Solskajer withdrew Pogba because he wanted to keep this player for the Europa League semi-final against AS Roma. Photo: Getty Images.
Talking about Pogba’s penalty card, coach Solskjaer said: “Sometimes, Paul wants to win a lot, he has a few tackles after he receives the yellow card. However I think I don’t want that to happen (Pogba was sent off), even though he played very well.
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