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\n <\/div>\n FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from the Premier League match between Fulham and Manchester United<\/span>“We were so close. So, so close. We were a little bit unlucky again. We knew it would be difficult against this big team.<\/p>\n
“Also we knew what happened last week. We have seen what the referees have been doing all the match so it was a difficult game. And we were unlucky.”<\/p>\n
In his press conference, Arbeloa appeared to row back on his comments a little bit – but still said he “was not really happy”.<\/p>\n
“My English is not so good,” he said. “Maybe I explain myself so bad and I prefer not to say anything about the referees because you never know.<\/p>\n
“When you say something that you don’t have to say, it’s better to stay calm, focus on the performance of my team and focus on the next game.<\/p>\n
“I’m not really happy. Like I said, I need to be focused and put my energy in all the things that I have to improve.<\/p>\n
“[Maguire] is a very big guy and maybe it wasn’t a foul. But it’s ok. Like I said, I prefer to analyse the game – players, systems and it’s the best for win.<\/p>\n
“You know when you draw a game like that, maybe you’re a little bit frustrated.”<\/p>\n
Is it a foul? Young and Saha analyse the decision<\/h3>\n\n
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\n Image:<\/span>Arbeloa felt this ‘foul’ by Cesar Palacios on Harry Maguire was softAnalysing the Maguire foul on Super Sunday, former Manchester United defender Ashley Young told Sky Sports: “It’s definitely a foul. Palacios isn’t looking at the ball, he’s straight into Maguire’s back.<\/p>\n
“I know he [Arbeola] says Maguire is 100kg, but he’s smart, he’s waiting for the foul to be committed.”<\/p>\n
Asked if it was a foul, former Fulham and Manchester United forward Louis Saha added: “It is.<\/p>\n
“It might be soft, but that’s where some players have experience, they use their body in the right way. In his position, he [Maguire] felt like he couldn’t take the control so it was a clever piece of work from Maguire.”<\/p>\n
Should Man Utd have been given penalty for Bassey handball?<\/h3>\n\n
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\n Image:<\/span>The officials did not give a penalty for this handball by Calvin BasseyAnother talking point came just before United’s equaliser – when Fulham defender Calvin Bassey was accused of handball after Lisandro Martinez’s ball forward into the penalty area.<\/p>\n
VAR looked at the decision but agreed with the assistant referee’s view that Bassey had his arm close to his body – even though it struck his hand.<\/p>\n
“He did put his hand up,” said Gary Neville on co-commentary. “The fact that the hand is close to the body might save him.”<\/p>\n
Analysing the decision, Saha said: “Its kind of a 50:50, you don’t know now with the rules. It hits his hand. The natural instinct you have is to protect your face because you know you’re going to be hit.<\/p>\n
“It’s different rules every weekend, we don’t understand it. Some will blow, some will go on.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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