Gary Neville SLAMS 'embarrassing' Paul Pogba for giving away a 'rubbish' penalty for handball... and then pretending it hit his face before being found out by VAR
* Manchester United fell 1-0 behind to West Ham on the stroke of half-time
* Paul Pogba gave away a penalty after a ridiculous handball from a free-kick
* The 27-year-old was criticised by United legends Gary Neville and Patrice Evra
Paul Pogba suffered a moment of inexplicable madness during the first half of Manchester United's match with West Ham on Wednesday night - an incident that was blasted by United legend Gary Neville.
Going into the match, the fifth-placed Red Devils only needed a point to go above fourth-placed Leicester heading into the final game of the season - which is away to the Foxes.
However, the likelihood of that became slimmer on Wednesday after falling behind to West Ham.
Paul Pogba was slammed by Gary Neville after conceding a penalty to West Ham. Pogba was penalised for this handball inside his own area on the stroke of half-time
West Ham midfielder Declan blasted a free-kick from 30 yards out which Pogba handled. VAR replays clearly showed the 27-year-old handled the ball inside his own penalty area
Despite his error, Pogba tried to claim the ball struck him in the face - although it didn't
The Hammers were awarded a free-kick in first-half injury time when Timothy Fosu-Mensah fouled Michail Antonio 30 yards from goal.
From the resulting set-piece Declan Rice blasted an effort towards goal which struck Paul Pogba.
Initially it appeared it hit him in the face - with the midfielder initiating so with some theatrics.
However, VAR showed it clearly and inexplicably hit the 27-year-old on the arm - with Pogba a good 10 yards or so away from where the free-kick initially took place.
United legend Neville was on the co-commentary for the match and was damning of Pogba. Speaking on Sky Sports he said: 'It's rubbish from him, rubbish... it's embarrassing.'
As a result a penalty was awarded to West Ham - which Antonio converted to put David Moyes' side 1-0 up at half-time.
Fellow United legend Patrice Evra was also critical of his former France team-mate in Pogba.
'All United fans would like to see Paul bleeding,' he told Sky Sports as a pundit.
'He knows what he has to do in the second half. As soon as I saw Paul stand up with no blood I knew he used his hands.
'People know he has made a huge mistake. All United fans would like to see Paul bleeding, even if the ball broke his nose. It is difficult to forgive Paul on this one. He knows what he has to do in the second half.
'As soon as I saw Paul stand up and his face was so clean with no blood I knew he used his face. He made a big big mistake. Paul knows and we have VAR, today the one in VAR is not Stevie Wonder so that's why he gave the penalty.'
Luckily for Pobga it didn't prove too costly as Mason Greenwood's fine strike on 51 minutes earned United a 1-1 draw and the point they needed to go into the top four.
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kmrn De Gea yg dikritik, kali ini giliran Pogba, ntar kalo beneran gak lolos ke UCL siapa lagi nih yg dikritik? kalo liat gambarnya sih freekick Rice kencang, jadi Pogba refleks melindungi kepala jadinya ketepis, Tofisu & Lindelof aja reaksinya hampir sama kayak Pogba, apesnya bola lebih mengarah ke Pogba. sisi positifnya meraih 1 poin, fokus ke pertandingan terakhir vs Leicester, posisi belum aman walaupun sekarang ada diposisi 3
