Aston Villa’s Leon Bailey strikes us as a bit of a soft lad. It appears his head has grown a few inches after scoring against Manchester United at the weekend, only to use Twitter to slam match officials despite being fortunate enough to be on the winning side.
There is no excusing United’s performance at Villa Park. We deserved to be two goals down after 11 minutes and couldn’t defend our goal after pulling on back on the brink of half-time. Any belief we had quickly evaporated.
It was a frustrating afternoon for United nonetheless. The game reached boiling point about an hour in when Leon Bailly and Lisandro Martinez tussled for a loose ball.
That was when Martinez elbowed the Jamaica international twice into the ribs. Bailey was left floored after the clash and had to be sidelined temporarily.
Thankfully for Martinez, his double-elbow went under the radar as the referee waved on play.
Bailey took to Twitter after the match to state that he was disappointed with the officials for letting Martinez away with it. He wrote: “Very disappointed in the referees today, I couldn’t breath for a second after getting elbowed twice in my rib. The linesman went on to say I shouldn’t be saying anything because I was doing just the same thing to Martinez. Sometimes I don’t understand why we got VAR. SMH.”
Very disappointed in the referees today, I couldn’t breath for a second after getting elbowed twice in my rib. The linesman went on to say I shouldn’t be saying anything because I was doing just the same thing to Martinez. Sometimes I don’t understand why we got VAR. SMH.
— Leon Bailey ✞ (@leonbailey) November 7, 2022
Someone should tell Bailey that VAR wasn’t introduced to deal with such petty incidents.
The Argentine has become a renowned figure in our defence for bringing a sense of bite back to United. We absolutely love it!
If var was not introduced to look a such petty incidents why did it look at the tussle between ronaldo and mings
Nah, here you had two two players – inside the box – swinging out of each other. It was like something from an amusement park and my point remains… VAR wasn’t introduced for such minor incidents.
These a mere off-the-ball tussles and you get them at every level of the game. It doesn’t need to spark outrage or to be checked by VAR.
If you can condone such violent behaviour which has nothing to do with football no wonder you’re a Man U supporter
According to Allan Thomas anyway…
What a sissy. On the ground twitching like he’d been electrocuted.
Get up, play like you have a pair, and when the time is right, take some revenge.
What a big girly breath.My bug is the sudden hand twitching.Absolute bollocks.