Manchester United would have had to play with 10 men for 80 minutes had the VAR told referee Anthony Taylor that he should upgrade his yellow card to a red
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola did not want to blame Diogo Dalot's red-card escape for the 2-0 defeat at Manchester United on Saturday.
Guardiola was probably being magnanimous due to his side's disappointing performance in the derby loss at Old Trafford.
Deep down he will surely be thinking that it could have been a different game had Dalot been sent off in the 10th minute when the score was 0-0.
The Portugal international had closed down Jeremy Doku by the touchline. He stretched out a leg to try to intercept the ball but made contact with his studs on the knee of the Manchester City winger.
