Leeds United secured a 2-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on Monday night, moving six points clear of the relegation zone in the Premier League table.
But the controversy around referee Paul Tierney’s decisions, especially the red card shown to Lisandro Martinez for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s hair, continues to dominate the discussion.
Manchester United boss Michael Carrick was furious with the call, describing it as one of the worst refereeing decisions he’s seen in his career.
However, Simon Jordan is refusing to listen to any Manchester United excuses and has read the riot act to the team, who are sitting third in the Premier League table.
Simon Jordan berates Manchester United for making excuses
Martinez’s red card has continued to dominate the conversation. However, Gary Neville also felt that Leeds took advantage of an undercooked Manchester United side, which hadn’t played for more than three weeks.
However, Simon Jordan is having none of that and insists that Manchester United were made to look bad by a better Leeds side on Monday night.
He stressed that most of the Manchester United stars were involved with their national teams, which flies in the face of them being undercooked.
The former Crystal Palace owner insisted that Manchester United need to accept that they were beaten by a better team on the night and move on.
Jordan said on talkSPORT: “They were poor because Leeds made them look poor.
“If you are playing game after game, week after week, you then turn around and say that we are playing too many games.
“Now, because your team have gotten beat, you are saying you haven’t played much.
“First of all, the players have been playing on international duty and other games.
“They were not sitting around and twiddling their thumbs.
“You lost a game because you were beaten by a better team on the day that were more at it and across it and took the game to you.
“And not because you haven’t played for three weeks.”
Leeds are almost there
That victory at Old Trafford could prove huge for more than just morale, as it also opened up a six-point gap between Leeds and Tottenham in the relegation battle.
With only six games left and Spurs still without a league win this year, that cushion suddenly feels quite comfortable.
Leeds also have a kind run-in against Wolves, Burnley and Tottenham, making it hard to see them slipping into the bottom three.
They’ve also got an FA Cup semi-final coming up against a Chelsea side that hasn’t had much success against them this season, which only adds to the sense of optimism.
In truth, one more win should all but secure survival, and based on how they’re playing, you’d back them to get it.
Simon, Carrick said the three weeks without a game was not a factor. So he was not using this as an excuse.