Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims a narrative is being pushed trying to influence referees amid suggestions made by Frank Lampard that VAR decisions favour Manchester United.

The Red Devils were fortunate to see Jordan Ayews equalising goal ruled out for a marginal offside in their last outing, a win at Crystal Palace.

Meanwhile, Wilfried Zaha was perhaps unlucky not to get given a penalty when the game was goalless after a tangle of legs with Victor Lindelof.

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Ahead of their FA Cup semi-final clash with United on Sunday, Chelsea boss Lampard has warned his defenders to be wary of conceding penalties when they look to end a run of three successive defeats by the Reds at Wembley.

United have been awarded 13 spot-kicks this season, equalling the record for the number awarded in a single Premier League campaign.

Solskjaer said: I could sit here for hours and talk about this. It looks like there is a narrative to try to influence the people making the decisions.

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But we had a penalty at Tottenham taken away from us which cost us two points. The [Oriol] Romeu red card when he nearly crippled Mason Greenwood. Mark Noble should have been sent off when we played West Ham.

It should actually be me complaining. There is a narrative but we just have to focus on the game, but I am not going too much into it. I am fairly relaxed on it. Referees are objective and are not going to be influenced by emotions.

United have beaten Chelsea in all three previous meeting this season, doing the league double over the Blues and knocking them out of the Carabao Cup.

But Solskjaer refused to take credit for his success in head-to-heads with Lampard.

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Its down to the players doing well, said the Norwegian. Weve been focused in that particular game, weve been having the margins, but its all down to players when they go there and perform they can beat anyone.

Luke Shaw looks like he will miss out at Wembley but fellow left-back Brandon Williams should be fit.

Both were forced off with injuries against Southampton on Monday and missed the win at Palace three days later. Shaw suffered a swollen ankle while Williams had a head injury.

Solskjaer said: I dont think Luke is going to make it. Brandon will hopefully train today and be available.

Solskjaer did not offer Sergio Romero any guarantees that he will retain his place as Uniteds cup goalkeeper, while Jesse Lingard could also be involved.

The team is not selected yet. Jesse and Sergio both have a good chance of being involved, said Solskjaer.

Jesse is a part of the club. He has worked really hard and he deserves his chance to come back in. We know his qualities. He has different qualities to other players and he knows we value him.

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