MANCHESTER UNITED fans are furious as they feel Crystal Palace’s stoppage-time equaliser should have been disallowed on Wednesday night.
Michael Olise scored a sensational free-kick in the dying minutes to salvage a point for Patrick Vieira’s side at Selhurst Park.
Luke Shaw’s foul handed Crystal Palace a late free-kick
Michael Olise brilliantly scored the free-kick after it had been brought forward
WOW! Michael Olise has just ROBBED Man Utd of all three points with an unreal free-kick!
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But Red Devils supporters have been left raging after identifying a sneaky piece of gamesmanship in the lead-up to the goal.
Still images of the foul and the free-kick posted by Manchester Evening News journalist Liam Corless show that Palace moved the ball around five yards forward.
This was not seen by referee Robert Jones who allowed the set-piece to be taken from where the home side placed it.
Olise then stepped up and stuffed it into the top corner off the underside of the crossbar.
But Man Utd fans were not willing to let the moving of the free-kick go unmentioned.
Reacting on social media, one said: “Felt the same during the game [about the moving of the ball]! In all honesty the ref had an absolute mare last night but it won’t be spoken about much”.
Another added: “After the City game referees took full revenge against us, well done…”
A third said: “Exactly and it wasn’t even a foul to begin with”.
While a fourth responded: “Oh f** off, fuming again”.
Palace’s dramatic draw with United ended a run of nine wins in a row for Erik ten Hag‘s side.
And the Dutch head coach was left frustrated that his side did not kill off the game when they were 1-0 in front.
He said: “We dropped two points. When you’re winning with two minutes to go…
“We have to invest more to get that second goal and then not be in that situation that a lucky moment costs you two points.
“We were 1-0 up. In the second half we had a lot of space to kill them and go for the second.
“I never saw we really went for the second goal. It’s difficult to say (why). I have to criticise my team. Go for the second.”
Olise whipped the free-kick in beyond David De Gea and off the crossbar
