By: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was disappointed with his team performance but was infuriated by the decision of referee Andre Marriner. He questioned whether Marriner had enough experience of being part of the official’s on Sunday’s game.
“Liverpool were better.”
- Sir Alex Ferguson
Though he admitted that Liverpool’s performance is better than his team on that game, he believes that his team suffered the injustices at Marriner’s hands. Manchester United center-back Nemanja Vidic was sent off for two yellow cards he have received at 75 and at 90 minutes of the game. He said that defender Jamie Carragher should have been dismissed and not Vidic. The team was very disappointed when the referee didn’t give penalty to Jamie Carragher who cracked center midfielder Michael Carrick. They were also upset that the Liverpool centre-back was not shown a red card when he appeared to haul down Michael James Owen, who was roundly booed upon entering from the bench.
“The Vidic booking was the worst decision. It is a foul, fine. But the player has played on, he won the second ball and knocked it for a throw in and got booked. It put Nemanja under pressure.”
- Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex said that the referee was being swayed by the audience. He said that the atmosphere in the field was being electrified by the crowd and he saw that when Vidic got his first yellow card.
Manchester United experienced their second defeat this Premier League season as Liverpool left them scoreless in their game yesterday, at the Anfield Stadium. It was a humiliating game for the Red Devils but Manchester United boss believes that his team’s poor performance have gone upon entering the second half. He said that he knows that his team got lost because of the referee’s bad decisions. He said that if referees just did a good job, this will put pressure on Liverpool’s side and a chance for them to handle the intense atmosphere of the game and get back on track.
Liverpool have finally ended their continues defeats. Liverpool striker Fernando Torres gave the team their first goal at 65 minutes of the game. At last minutes of the game, another Liverpool striker, David N´Gog, scored right after the Javier Mascherano received his second yellow card.
It was a big slap on the team after having an early four successive defeats in this season, but because of goals from Torres and N’ Gog, the team have finally break the curse. The team is currently on the fifth rank while Manchester United ranked second place.
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