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Richard Fay

Manchester United fined £20,000 after Liverpool FC VAR incident

Manchester United have been fined £20,000 for the way their players reacted to Roberto Firmino's disallowed goal in defeat to Liverpool last weekend.

United admitted a breach of FA Rule E20 for 'failure to ensure the players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion' during the defeat at Anfield.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side were beaten 2-0 by the league leaders thanks to goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, and it could have been worse had it not been for VAR ruling out a Firmino effort in the first half.

The Liverpool forward finished past David de Gea midway through the first-half, but the Spanish goalkeeper was left infuriated as he believed he had been impeded in the build up.

De Gea, along with club captain Harry Maguire, Fred and Andreas Pereira, surrounded referee Craig Pawson before VAR eventually ruled the goal out for Virgil van Dijk's foul on the United goalkeeper.

A statement from the FA read: "Manchester United FC has been fined £20,000 after admitting a breach of FA Rule E20 and accepting the standard penalty.

"The club failed to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion during the 26th minute of a Premier League fixture against Liverpool FC on 19 January 2020."

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