It began with Garnacho receiving on the left and driving at Brown. Brown held his line, tried to shepherd him wide, but Garnacho chopped inside, quick feet, and suddenly he was in that channel just outside the box where defenders start thinking about risk. Larsson slid across to help, a half step late, and Garnacho leaned into the contact, dragged the ball past him, and went down as Larsson's arm and hip caught him. It was not a violent foul. It was the kind of foul you commit because you cannot allow a teenager with jet fuel in his boots to enter your penalty area.
The whistle went. The crowd booed. United players swarmed the referee in polite insistence, not begging, just stating their case as if the decision was inevitable.
Cordero: "That's a dangerous area. That is right in Bruno Fernandes territory."
