Gavi shoves Man Utd star Bruno Fernandes to the ground in off-the-ball incident but escapes VAR punishment

BARCELONA ace Gavi escaped punishment from VAR after shoving Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes to the bottom.

United picked up a 2-2 draw towards Barca on the Nou Camp within the first leg of their Europa League Spherical of 32 conflict.

Barcelona's Gavi and Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes collided off the ball

Gavi shoved Fernandes to the bottom however escaped VAR punishment

And Pink Devils followers have been left baffled that the off-the-ball conflict between the Spain worldwide and Fernandes was ignored.

The Portugal worldwide cheekily caught Gavi on the again of the ankle.

However the 18-year-old did not take it properly and responded with a left on Fernandes' again.

The United playmaker went down however no motion was taken by referee Maurizio Mariani or Massimiliano Irrati on VAR.

Followers have been left puzzled and took to Twitter to precise their bewilderment.

One supporter tweeted: "Pink card to Gavi how can he ground Fernandes like that?"

One other commented: "Gavi will get no yellow card for hitting Bruno Fernandes?"

A 3rd posted: "Gavi thought he was whinging s***home? Meet Bruno Fernandes."

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This fan wrote: "Bruno Fernandes will not be going to take a liking to Gavi."

And that one tweeted: "Gavi's been instructed to wind up Bruno Fernandes, Xavi is aware of he can upset Bruno and Gavi is the last word wind-up. Sensible."

Gavi, although, did not escape a reserving in the course of the match and will likely be suspended from the return fixture at Previous Trafford subsequent week.

That was the Barcelona teenager's third yellow card in Europe this season.