Nick Pope hits back at Man Utd & Ronaldo complaints over disallowed goal
Nick Pope says referee Craig Pawson was right to disallow Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal in Manchester United’s stalemate with Newcastle United on Sunday.
Ronaldo felt he had opened the scoring in the second half after Fabian Schar touched the ball back to Pope to take a free kick.
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But before the Newcastle shot-stopper struck the ball, Ronaldo nipped in and dribbled the ball a few yards before scoring into an empty net.
Pawson immediately ruled out Ronaldo’s effort, despite the huge protests from United’s stars, while the 37-year-old was also shown a yellow card.
‘The free-kick was slightly in the wrong place and obviously Fabby’s [Schar] rolled it back to me and walked off,’ Pope told Chronicle Live.
‘I think you know...
