{"id":90413,"date":"2025-08-17T21:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/90413\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:43:08","slug":"bryan-mbeumo-lucky-to-escape-sanction-after-unseen-moment-in-man-united-v-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/90413\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Mbeumo &#8216;lucky to escape sanction&#8217; after unseen moment in Man United v Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bryan-Mbeumo-and-Ruben-Amorim-1140x644.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"An image of Man United star Bryan Mbeumo alongside boss Ruben Amorim\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Hasan Karim &#8211; Breaking Media, Imago)<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/b7ea0cbc6c63a7b82a86fd3c522460d0\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Edward Bazeley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sun 17 August 2025 18:25, UK <\/p>\n<p>Manchester United new boy Bryan Mbeumo was fortunate to escape punishment when his elbow made contact with Arsenal summer signing Martin Zubimendi as the Red Devils lost to the Gunners on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/definitely-over-ruben-amorim-makes-brutal-man-united-decision-that-signals-end-for-one-player\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man United\u2019s 1-0 defeat to Arsenal<\/a> marked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/bryan-mbeumo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Mbeumo<\/a>\u2018s Premier League debut for the Red Devils, after he excelled for Brentford in the top flight last term.<\/p>\n<p>The Cameroon international notched an impressive return of 20 league goals for Brentford last term, helping the Bees enjoy a successful campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Amorim will hope that Mbeumo can enjoy similar form this season, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/man-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man United<\/a> look to have a significantly better campaign than the one they endured in 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<p>Mbeumo goes unpunished as Man United star\u2019s elbow makes contact with Zubimendi<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Bryan-Mbeumo-Cropped-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Mbeumo, Brentford\" class=\"wp-image-596038\" \/>Mbeumo shone for Brentford last term (Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>This article contains exclusive comments from ex-PGMOL chief, FIFA official and former professional referee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/keith-hackett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Hackett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amorim instilled plenty of faith in Mbeumo as he handed the forward his first Premier League debut for Man United at the earliest possible opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>However, the former Brentford man was lucky to escape punishment in the first minute on 17 August, when his elbow made contact with Zubimendi\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>  Hackett issues verdict as Mbeumo avoids sanction<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ruben-Amorim-5-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Ruben Amorim Man United\" class=\"wp-image-704621\" \/>Amorim gave Mbeumo his Man United debut (Credit: Imago)<\/p>\n<p>The former FIFA referee exclusively told Football Insider: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/bruno-fernandes-welcomes-bryan-mbeumo-to-new-home-amid-man-united-transfer-developments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mbeumo of Manchester United<\/a> lucky to escape a sanction for his illegal use of his arm\/ elbow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly unseen by the match official and outside the criteria for intervention by VAR. Very minimum should have been a free kick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mbeumo was not alone in making his first Premier League appearance for Man United on Sunday, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/matheus-cunha-and-diogo-dalot-reacts-to-new-man-united-signings-exclusive-message\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fellow summer signing Matheus Cunha<\/a> was also handed a start by Amorim.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Football Insider have exclusively revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/man-united-to-lose-out-on-40m-as-rasmus-hojlund-transfer-edges-closer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmus Hojlund is close to joining AC Milan<\/a> after struggling in the Premier League last term.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Related Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: Hasan Karim &#8211; Breaking Media, Imago) Sun 17 August 2025 18:25, UK Manchester United new boy Bryan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[463,8918,6669,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-90413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-bryan-mbeumo","10":"tag-man-united","11":"tag-soccer","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}