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Marco Silva rounded on referee Chris Kavanagh after an extraordinary meltdown saw Fulham shown three red cards in the space of 40 seconds at Old Trafford yesterday (sun).
Silva’s side were 20 minutes away from a place in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley, but the tie was turned on its head as Manchester United fought back from a goal down to win 3-1 against nine men playing without a manager.
Fulham boss Silva was first to go for confronting Kavanagh as he went to the pitch-side monitor to review an incident in which Willian handled Jadon Sancho’s shot in the penalty box.
When Kavanagh produced another red card for Willian and pointed to the spot, furious Fulham goal scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic manhandled the referee as the situation threatened to get out of control.
The Serbian was sent off as teammates piled in, some to remonstrate with Kavanagh and others to prevent Mitrovic from doing any further damage.
Marco Silva has criticised referee Chris Kavanagh following Fulham's 3-1 loss to Man United
Silva (right) was sent to the stands after he was sent off for clashing with the officials
Aleksandar Mitrovic and Willian were also sent off during the match as Fulham crashed out of the FA Cup
His was by far the most serious offence and is sure to be investigated by the FA today (mon) with the threat of a lengthy ban.
However, Silva was still raging afterwards that Kavanagh was allowed to take charge of the match after upsetting Fulham with his decisions in their games against West Ham in the Premier League and Leeds in the FA Cup this season.
‘It's difficult for us to understand,’ said Silva. ‘Unfortunately for us we have been very unlucky with Chris Kavanagh this season, many moments.
‘Chris was in a game we played away at West Ham where we lost with two clear handballs. We received the apology because of the mistakes. The last game at Leeds in the FA Cup it was him again. And for a game that is the quarter-finals, it's him again.’
Silva was also unhappy that VAR did not intervene when Fulham appealed for an early penalty for Luke Shaw’s
