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Aston Villa have every right to feel aggrieved after big mistake at Old Trafford... the referee blew his whistle too early, writes MARK CLATTENBURG

Aston Villa have every right to feel aggrieved after referee Tom Bramall blew for a foul by Morgan Rogers on Manchester United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir before the Villa midfielder rolled the ball into the net.

The law is clear. The goalkeeper needs to have two hands on the ball to be deemed to have control of it. The major issue at Old Trafford, however, was that Bramall had already blown before Rogers scored, which prevented the VAR from getting involved.

Replays then showed that Bayindir did NOT have both hands on the ball when Rogers played it, so the game should have continued and a goal should have been awarded, but the VAR was powerless to do anything about it.