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    Soccer News: Neves furious at Pogba’s “clear foul” in preparation for the Wolves’ Man Utd winner

    Ruben Neves was furious that a “clear foul” by Paul Pogba had not been committed during Manchester United’s accumulation of winning goal at Wolves.

    The Red Devils secured a 1-0 Premier League win at Molineux on Sunday thanks to Mason Greenwood’s goal with 10 minutes of regulation time remaining.

    The result brought United to seven points in their first three games and extended their unbeaten escape from home to 28 games, a record in the English football league.

    However, the Wolves were exasperated that the goal was left standing, with Pogba catching Neves on the shin in a 50-50 challenge on the edge of the home side’s penalty area just before rookie Raphael Varane fielded Greenwood.

    Referee Mike Dean allowed the game to continue, just as Craig Pawson did in United’s previous match in Southampton when a tough challenge to Bruno Fernandes before the Saints’ lead went unpunished.

    Speaking to Sky Sports, Neves said: “Everyone has seen it, everyone has seen my leg. We always have meetings and everything with the referees on the VAR. I do not know why.

    “They said that before the season starts they will look for contact – if the contact is strong enough, they will do the foul. I showed them my leg.

    “I think maybe because the last game was a foul before Southampton’s goal, maybe now they have done the opposite. I showed my leg to the referee, I showed [it] to the ref assistant, I can’t say more.

    “After the game, he said ‘you both go to the ball’ and I said ‘yes, we both go to win the ball, but I touched the ball’. It’s a foul, an obvious foul. “

    Sky Sports pundits Roy Keane and Graeme Souness agreed, with the former Liverpool midfielder calling the challenge “a pain in the ass”, but Pogba was adamant that there was no point in awarding a free kick.

    “My opinion is that this is the Premier League, it’s a 50-50. It happens every weekend, “he said.

    “I need to see it again, but I haven’t touched it. I won the ball and we scored. I need to see him again. “

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