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Jose: Ref missed two penalties
- Updated: September 10, 2016
Jose Mourinho insists Manchester United should have been awarded two penalties in their 2-1 defeat by Manchester City on Saturday.
City goalkeeper Claudio Bravo’s rash challenge on Wayne Rooney inside the box went unpunished in the second half, and moments later Antonio Valencia’s cross struck the elbow of Nicolas Otamendi in the area.
That also went unpunished, and left the Manchester United manager reeling as he spoke with Sky Sports after the defeat at Old Trafford.
“I am very disappointed with two decisions from Mark [Clattenburg], because it’s a penalty and a red card for Bravo,” Mourinho said.
“If you tell me that that’s not a penalty and a red card, I’ll tell you that for sure outside the box it is a free-kick and a red card. Inside the box it has to be the same, but obviously even the best referees make mistakes, and he made a big one.
“The second one is also a penalty, Otamendi is a penalty, you can tell me he has no intention, I think he has intention.
“The arm behind the body, he knows that the cross is not …