Hate Man Utd

Bellamy is pelted with what seemed like coins and bottles before taking a corner, the corner is eventually taken and Man Utd break away to score. Does the TV commentary even hint at the possibility of player intimidation. No. Cheat to win the Carling Cup semi final? Yes.

 Note: written in real time before the final result was known.

Tevez playing for Manchester City gets both goals to beat Man Utd 2-1 in the first leg of the League (Carling) Cup. The first resulting from a potentially dubious penalty, these things should even themselves out over the season, but are unlikely to in the case of Man Utd .

To add to the spice of the fixture the FA are going to investigate Gary Neville’s one finger salute to Tevez.

Some pictures of the match, including a hate Man Utd Shirt!

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish thought the officials had eventually made the correct decision which led to the equaliser and the match finishing 1-1. Was he being diplomatic or respectful to the referee? Comments please!

“The linesman’s flagged for it and we felt that if he flagged for it then it shouldn’t be given,” McLeish said. “I thought at the time that it should have been given offside. We thought Rooney interfered with the guy who put it in the net.” For full article click here.

Referee for the record was Mark Clattenburg, his first appearance on this blog!

Great win! The biggest 3rd round upset of 2009/10 in the FA Cup. The start of the decade and a Man Utd home defeat. The commentator on ITV said with about 10 mins to go that injury time would be added in multiples of 5 minute intervals, how well informed was he (?) with 5 mins being added of “fergie time” (God knows where that came from). Wes Brown staying on the pitch after multiple fouls, after being booked defies belief. So the Leeds team won with the ref in the Mancs pocket! Great!!!!