Manchester United head coach Marc Skinner believes his side should have been awarded two penalties during Sunday afternoon’s 1-0 Women’s Super League defeat to Chelsea.
United had two appeals waved away in the first half by referee Cheryl Foster for a Kadeisha Buchanan challenge on Nikita Parris and an aerial coming together between Jess Carter and Ona Batlle.
Sam Kerr scored the game’s only goal after 23 minutes at Kingsmeadow to lift Chelsea above Manchester United into top spot in the WSL.
“It helps if you get the two decisions that should go for you,” said Skinner. “They’re two big decisions. That’s the reality in big games.
“We’ve come here and we’ve had 63% possession, we’ve dominated the ball, we’ve moved Chelsea into only being able to counter attack really, and yet we’ve come away having got into the box twice and they’re two penalties. That’s the reality.
“Two penalties in a game like this are massive. When I look over the balance of the last few games, you know, Chelsea get a goal that’s offside the other day (against Brighton), so these are decisions that will make and break where you finish in the table. And we say ‘it balances out’, well, I’m hopeful that we see it, but the reality is, in that game today, we should have had…
