Rio Ferdinand admits Manchester United were lucky not to concede a penalty against Chelsea
Manchester United centre-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 in United’s win over Chelsea could have been given a penalty, but insisted that his team were due for some luck at Stamford Bridge.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 made a double footed challenge on the on-rushing Ramires inside the 18-yard box. Despite a huge appeal from Chelsea players, the penalty was not awarded. Even television replays showed that Evra was nowhere near the ball and it seems like Manchester
United were very lucky to get away with that.
Ferdinand said, “Maybe it was a penalty, maybe it wasn’t - it’s swings and roundabouts and it all levels itself out over the season. I’ve not had a chance to look at it, but if the guys think it’s a penalty then maybe it should have been. They’ve rode their
luck a few times here over the years. And it was about time we got a bit of luck here.”
Moreover, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson also dismissed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786’s penalty claims as he feels that justice was done after it was the first ever decision that went to his side’s favour at Stamford Bridge since 2005.
Manchester United played some exceptional football against Chelsea and it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736 who rounded off United’s impressive performance by scoring an away goal. Rio Ferdinand hails the performance of his team but singled out Wayne Rooney for the praise.
Rio said, “He’s a top quality player. Today he showed touches of brilliance, great touches, awareness and a great finish. He was buzzing around all over the pitch today and it was good to see. It’s been showing over the last few weeks in glimpse.”
Wayne Rooney, who scored a hat trick in Manchester United’s historic comeback victory over West Ham United on the weekend, continued his goalscoring form against Chelsea. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985,
who overlapped Chelsea defender Bosingwa before playing a low cross to Wayne Rooney. The English striker tucked the ball to the far corner which took the deflection off the post before crossing the line.
Moreover, Manchester United are now favourites to make it through to the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League as they have never lost a European tie after winning the first leg.
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