Premier League referees apologize after Hooper's mistake costs Wolves in Man United defeat

The general manager of the English Premier League referees, John Moss, apologized to the technical director of Wolverhampton, Gary O'Neill, for the referee Simon Hooper's mistake in the Wolverines vs. Manchester United at the end of the first round of the English Premier League. Gary O'Neil handed apology by PGMOL after mistake costs Wolves in Man United defeat. Gary O’Neil, who was booked in the melee afterward, claimed PGMOL referees’ officer Jon Moss even apologized after the game because the officials got it wrong in the Manchester United loss. Andre Onana was caught up in a major penalty controversy as Manchester United escaped with a lucky victory at Old Trafford. Wolves boss Gary O’Neil was fuming and accused Onana of “nearly taking a forward’s head off” after the United debutant keeper’s injury-time challenge on Sasa Kalajdzic. Incredibly, referee Simon Hooper did not give a penalty, VAR Michael Salisbury checked it but did not deem it a clear and obvious error even though the decision must go down as a major clanger. Press reports indicated that the referrer crew was punished by exclusion from the second round of the competition. The newspaper “The Sun” said: The match referee, Steve Hooper, and the assistant video technology team, Michael Salisbury and Richard West, were excluded from being among the referees in the second round of the league, after the obvious error that was committed in the Man United and Wolverhampton match.