The veteran tactician has launched a tirade of attacks on the reigning champions, claiming that they have been getting a lot of spot-kicks in the last few games, something which the Italian did not bother tolerating.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson is well renowned in the world of football for his incessant mind games before big games in order to baffle his opponents and the wily coach seems to be up at it again.
With the Manchester derby just around the corner, the target was always going to be http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 and the Scot claimed that the club have been earning penalties far too many times in the last few games and that something was amiss in the whole scenario.
Speaking to reporters, the former Aberdeen boss seemed far from pleased about the spot-kick statistics and claimed that if his team had earned those, there would have been an inquiry launched by the authorities.
"The number of penalty kicks they get, 21 in the last year or something like that. If we got that number of penalty kicks there'd be an inquiry in the House of Commons. There'd be a protest,” he said.
However, his opposing number was far from pleased and knew what Ferguson was up to. Nonetheless, he issued a response of his own and claimed that 19-time English champions weren’t that clean themselves, as Ashley Young had managed to win two penalties last
year by diving consecutively in two games.
"I think four or five times in the last 10 games [last season] and then [Ferguson] didn't say anything, but this can happen. Fergie is clever for this. I think in the last 15 years there have been some penalties for them. Not a lot, but two or three in the
last 15 years," he joked.
"I remember very well last year. When Young was swimming in the ... " he said, gesturing like a swimmer diving into the water.
United are already three points at the top of the Premier League table and could have one hand on the title if City fail to keep the Red Devils at bay.
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