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Good refereeing on the part of Steve Bennett. Seriously. Ten minutes into the game. First tackle. First foul. Legs were being pulled back to avoid Paul Scholes getting the wrath of his studs. And what does he get? Javier Mascherano gets a yellow card. What a piece of bullshit. Fernando Torres, first tackled by the United midfield, then brought to the ground by Rio Ferdinand. Ferdinand escapes without even a warning, Torres complains why Ferdinand doesn't get anything, Torres gets a yellow card. Mascherano runs over to ask "what's happening?"... And with a little bit of aggression involved with his body language, he gets a second yellow. Two yellows equal a red, as most commentators would say.


Mascherano lost the plot (above)

Thank you referee. You've just handed United the title this season. Bullcrap. Referees demand respect, but players are not getting the right decisions from the referees at all, so why give a poor-performing, useless referee respect? Give me a break.

He lost the plot as much as Mascherano did

Liverpool set out with the formation that gave them 7 wins on the trout. They were pinned, as usual, at Old Trafford. They attacked once or twice, but never controlled the game. It was okay, a game could turn its head after a half-time reshuffle of their ELEVEN men...

Another defeat for Gerrard against United

The incident last week to Ashley Cole made all this all the more inevitable. It was just going to happen. Paul Scholes had a few fouls but not even yellowed once. The quote by Sir Alex Ferguson, that "players are accessed, managers are accessed, but referees are not" is the only thing I can ever agree with anyone associated to Manchester United. Players are criticized by fans, their own manager, and the media all the time. The managers are accessed by their chairmen, and if expectations are not met, they are sacked almost immediately. What about referees? A wrong decision usually gets a few media battering and that's all. Why can't we fine them for a wrong decision that turns the tide of the game totally? The only punishment seen now is that referees are dropped from the weekly roster list for a period of time, before returning shortly after. They should be accessed more, to be honest.

Football is not only being spoiled by divers and cheaters, but the rest of the time, by the men in the thick of it, in the middle of it.

But I just didn't see why Rafa didn't make things a little bit more interesting. Here he was, one nil down, one man down, why not just gamble and go for a all-or-nothing? It's either a bonus point, or just another inevitable lost after the sending off. Martin Skrtel or Fabio Aurelio could have been taken off for, maybe, Peter Crouch? Yossi Benayoun? Or even John Arne Riise... Play a 3-4-2. Control the midfield, and have one extra striker to pump to. Just look at how Spurs boss Juande Ramos does it, he always brings off Ledley King for Darren Bent or another attacking option when he wants to win the game, and brings on Jamie O'Hara once getting the goal and wanting another defender. Benayoun did come on, but for Ryan Babel? Why not Dirk Kuyt? It just mystifies me. What's wrong with having Benayoun and Babel on to trouble the defence? And why wasn't Crouch even used at all? Even when Torres was injured, what a disgrace to put Kuyt up and bring Riise on. Crouch should have come on to try to flick the ball to Torres or give Liverpool more of an aerial threat, but he wasn't even used at all!

Damn...

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