Just emailed the show
Morning guys, just thought i would let you know my opinion on the game last night. I thought that Fergie got the team wrong, and should have picked Rooney instead of Giggs. I really cant get my head around that team selection. Onto the Nani incident, my initial reaction when i saw it live, was "what a stupid tackle to make". I then saw it slowed down and said to my mates "that's at least a yellow". I think that Nani gave the referee no choice but to send him off.
If you cast your mind back to the Europa Cup last season when Balotelli got a red card for practically an exact scenario, where was the media outcry then? Both incidents saw the player with both feet off the ground, one foot at waist hight, and both caught the player without winning the ball yet all the media slated Mario for being wreckless. Im sorry but the double standards are shocking, and once again because a decision has gone against United there is uproar.
Another example is the Kompany red card against United in the FA Cup last year. At that time it was agreed that in the letter of the law, Kompany had both feet of the ground, and was wreckless, therefor the same applies to the tackle last night.
Something that i do think needs picking up on, its the actions of Rio Ferdinand at the final whistle. This is the man who is at the front of a "respect" campaign then shown no respect what so ever towards the officials at the end. Some retrospective action must follow after clapping in the face of the referee.
Having said all that, on a whole i thought United played very well over the 2 legs, but sometimes that is football.