Aston Villa are lodging a formal complaint to the Premier League over the selection of ‘inexperienced’ referee Thomas Bramall for their defeat against Manchester United.
Villa missed out on qualifying for the Champions League after a 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford but felt they were hard done by when their goal at 1-0 was disallowed.
Morgan Rogers poked the ball through the hands of United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir but Bramall blew the whistle before Rogers converted, meaning VAR could not overturn the decision upon review.
Villa’s Director of Football Operations Damian Vidagany, sat alongside Unai Emery in the press conference, insisted their complaint is about 35-year-old Bramall, not the decision to chalk off Rogers’ goal.