The Premier League have provided official, if vague, explanations for the referee’s decision to deny Manchester United a penalty against Bournemouth and then award the Cherries a spot kick for a very similar offense—a series of events which the usually placid Michael Carrick denounced as “mental.”
United’s ragged 2–2 draw with Bournemouth on Friday night was defined by 27 seconds three quarters of the way into the contest.
