Emotions ran high yesterday as Manchester United were dumped out of the FA Cup, with a 2-1 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the quarterfinals. United central defender Victor Lindelof was totally livid after he was shown a straight red card by referee Martin Atkinson.
Lindelof initially received the harshest punishment possible for his hack on the opposing Diego Jota, but VAR led to the infraction being changed to a yellow. Television cameras caught the Swedish international screaming at the Wolves bench, and you can see the footage of that here:
https://twitter.com/M1guelCh1nes/status/1107036120980905985
It is thought, at least by experts in lip-reading that Lindelof was cursing out the Wolves staff in Portugese.
According to the Daily Mirror:
It is suspected that he said: “Vai tomar no cu, vai tomar no cu, filho da puta!” In English, this can be roughly translated into: “Go f**k yourself, son of a b****!”
Lindelof and United are now on international break, with the centre back rejecting his call-up to Sweden. They next return to action against Watford on March 30. Yesterday marked just the second loss of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s interim tenure. The Norwegian was irate with his team’s showing, calling it a step backwards, and the worst performance of his stint thus far.
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