No red for derby tackle on Doku the 'right decision' - Dalot

Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot slides in on Manchester City's Jeremy Doku at Old Trafford Image source, Getty Images
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Manchester United full-back Diogo Dalot says it was the right decision not to send him off in the Manchester derby.

City boss Pep Guardiola was fuming that Dalot was not shown a red card for his early foul on Jeremy Doku at Old Trafford.

Referee Anthony Taylor gave a yellow and that stance was backed up by VAR Craig Pawson, with PGMO chief Howard Webb saying the pair reached the right conclusion.

Predictably, Dalot thinks so too.

"I am really comfortable with what happened," the Portugal international told BBC Radio Five Live.

"In my opinion he took the right decision because there was no big intensity in the challenge.

"In football it can go both ways, and it is always about interpretation.

"I am not afraid of being aggressive or putting every mile onto the pitch. It is what I have been doing for this club for a long time.

"As long as I wear this shirt, I will not hide myself and I will not play the victim."