A Premier League statement was released shortly following Bruno Fernandes' sending off during Wolves against Manchester United. The attacking midfielder was shown a yellow card in the first half for a foul on Matheus Cunha and was then shown a second caution just moments into the second period for a late challenge on Nelson Semedo.

Wolves looked to taken immediate advantage of that with Jorgen Strand Larsen heading home but the goal was disallowed for offside. A lengthy VAR check followed before officials at Stockley Park confirmed the on-field decision would stand.

As a result of the big call, the Premier League Match Centre posted a statement to X (formerly Twitter) "#WOLMUN – 49’ The referee’s call of no goal was checked and confirmed by the VAR as Strand Larsen was in an offside position," it read.

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There was no official comment on Fernandes' red card however and that was because VAR was not used to make that decision. Currently, the technology is not used for incidents such as two bookable offences leading to a sending off.

The Portugal international was sent off earlier in the season but that was rescinded and thus he will only miss one game, which will be against Newcastle. with no appeal able to submitted. Major suspension blows for Ruben Amorim continued moments later as Manuel Ugarte was shown his fifth yellow card of the season.

A disastrous 15 minutes for United then got that much worse as Cunha scored directly from a corner with it also the sixth time in recent weeks United have conceded from a set-piece.