Soft red card? Arguably. Did he leave his feet and lunge in two-footed? Yes. Does that sort of behaviour carry a risk of a red card? Always. Does it matter whether or not he played the ball first in a two footed lunge? Not at all. That Nani was able to hurdle it has no bearing on the decision.
Having said that, I felt it was slightly harsh. Tough one for the ref though given that it would be considered a highly volatile game. Let it go and a precedent has been set for mayhem.
IMO them sort of tackles are reckless and dangerous and the only way to minimize them from the game is to straight red them everytime. Problem has been inconsistencies in the application of the law. FA needs to clarify this grey area with a simple statement that all two footed lunges = red. Not a hope in hell that City's appeal succeeds given Milaja's recent failure.
Agreed on Rooney though. Not a fan of that sort of behaviour.
As for the city players protesting I expect no fine given that .... well you know .... they're not Liverpool and everyone and his dog knows there is a massive FA conspiracy against them. Play the victim ..... become the victim.
Anyways, onwards to Anfield where I'll expect at the very least a couple of penalties. Nothing less .....
That whole Scholes thing was just surreal. One of Fergie's strangest decisions in his long tenure and one that very nearly came back to bite him badly.
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