I don't know... I'm not saying the ref had a great game, but I don't think it was nearly as bad as Sir Alex and some others are saying. I thought the ref did a good job calming down Davies and Evra. Davies had a borderline second yellow challenge and the ref gave him a good talking to and I don't believe he had another incident after. Evra also had a challenge (blatantly retaliatory) which maybe should have been a yellow and on another day could have also produced a red, but the ref gave him a nice, stern warning instead. The ref had some bad moments, yes, but if Sir Alex was sent from the pitch, he had to have said some nasty things...warranted or not, he shouldn't be doing that.
I've watched that cross a couple of times and I really don't think it was a hand ball. It hits him in the shoulder, I'm almost sure of it.
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