Arne Slot stunned by decision in Manchester United win over Crystal Palace

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Arne Slot is baffled by the inconsistency of decisions in the Premier League Liverpool boss Arne Slot was stunned to see Maxence Lacroix shown a red card in Crystal Palace’s defeat to Manchester United, despite feeling it was the correct decision. Chris Kavanagh showed Maxence Lacroix a red card after a VAR check (Picture: Getty Images) ‘Very comparable, the only difference is that Mo was pulled back by the shirt and here was a hand on the shoulder,’ Slot told a press conference on Monday morning. ‘If I look at it, I see a similar distance, maybe even the distance between Guehi and [Ruben] Dias was a bigger difference than the distance between both centre-backs of Palace. ‘The moment when I saw it, knowing what happened with us in that situation, VAR is probably checking if it is even a penalty, in or outside the box, but he will never, ever give a red card for this. 🗣️ "It's not obvious which is why it went from a red card to a yellow card. it's a foul and it's also outside the area."Arne Slot directly criticised the PGMO for the decision to not send Marc Guehi off.

He was booked for pulling Mo Salah's shirt. pic.twitter.com/t7mpGphEnr— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) February 9, 2026 ‘This is what I sometimes hold against VAR, because every time the Premier League comes in, they tell me there was only two wrong decisions over a whole season. ‘In both situations, the referee did not give a red card. In one situation he overturned it to a red card.

So when you come in at the end of the season, you have to say: “Ok we made more than one or two mistakes.”‘ Slot confirmed that he felt the right decision was made at Old Trafford, but feels the Premier League will not accept that a mistake was made at Anfield. ‘Surprisingly this was a red card, no, not surprisingly it is a red card,’ he said. ‘It is, for me, a red card, because I’ve said so many times the one from Guehi was a red card as well. So we’re expecting the panel now to say five times wrong decision made by VAR and a referee.’ Slot is frustrated by the inconsistencies of officiating, but does admit that his team should be able to win games despite decisions going against them. ‘There’s a frustration because that’s not the first time.