Whats ya prediction ??

I think 4-1 to utd with owen scoring

Holy Fuck !!!!

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson: "All in all Liverpool were the better team, had the better chances and I've got no complaints."

I spoke too soon

Sir Alex Ferguson has questioned whether Andre Marriner had enough experience to referee Manchester United's defeat at Liverpool on Sunday.

The Red Devils boss saw his side lose 2-0 at Anfield as Fernando Torres and David Ngog struck in the second half to end the home team's run of four successive defeats.

Ferguson was disappointed by United's performance, but was incensed by the decision-making of Marriner, who sent off Nemanja Vidic in the closing minutes for a second booking.

Liverpool's Javier Mascherano also saw red before the final whistle after collecting two cautions, but Ferguson believed his side suffered the injustices at the hands of a 38-year-old match official.

The Scot, who earlier in the week had highlighted the pressure match officials face in Liverpool versus United clashes, told Sky Sports: "I'm disappointed by the performance, the first half in particular. It was a bad performance by us.

"We didn't handle the atmosphere of the game, I thought. We didn't handle the decisions against as well. We should have been better at that, we have got enough experience to do it.
Major decisions

"The second half we improved a good deal. But we lost out to one or two major decisions."

United were disappointed not to be awarded a penalty when Jamie Carragher crunched Michael Carrick, although replays suggested the Reds captain for the day, in the absence of the injured Steven Gerrard, made a slight connection with the ball.

The defending Premier League champions were also upset that the Liverpool centre-back was not shown a red card when he appeared to haul down friend and former team-mate Michael Owen, who was roundly booed when entering from the bench.

Ferguson has suggested that an electric atmosphere at a deafening Anfield may have influenced Marriner, especially when Vidic earned his first yellow card.

The United boss said: "I think they got a wee bit caught up in some of the atmosphere - the wounded animal aspect of it. The fans were fanatical and every decision they put the referee under pressure.

"For instance on Vidic, clearly it is a foul. But then he wins the second ball and gets booked for that. The crowd got him booked
Laws of the game

"The atmosphere is hard to handle for the referee. Whether he had enough experience, I don't know. He will certainly learn from it."

Ferguson added: "The most controversial decision was Carragher bringing down Michael Owen. He was clear through.

"The laws of the game were altered to prevent professional fouls of that nature and if Carragher goes off, he is their best player and their captain. It would have been a different game. They would have been under pressure.

"The referee was only four or five yards from it he cannot use a covering defender as an excuse. Michael was clean through. With Michael's pace he is going to get away from him."

Ferguson said regarding Carragher's challenge on Carrick: "He has gone right over the top of the ball. If it is outside of the box it is a free-kick and maybe a yellow card.

"But it was inside the box and the referee was only six yards from it. It was another bad decision."

tbf the stuff he whinged about he got spot on

he is on a fa charge so really should try and keep his mouth shut..

Why.. i think its bolloxs if people have an opinion and think someone deserves to be critisized i think that opinion should be heard.. thats life .. and im not just saying that cause its fergie i think all managers should be allowed to voice there opinion and once they have there critism should be looked at and if right should be acted upon and if it isn't then she should point out he is wrong and make him apologise..

managesholud not undermine the decisions of referees.. how can we expect the players to respect them if the managers cant?

anyway - blinding result for liverpool... fergie apparently was saying to the ref he wasnt up for this game in the tunnel at half time (according to john aldrige on city sport)

BUT i have to admit the people phoning in at the end of the game to say we will go on to win the league now and the champs league are delusional! so far left to go it could happen but i wud be happy to remain in the top four aftet this start and champs league will take a miracle or 3

bar the chelsea result.. good week for results for the pool

Bolloxs in your day to day job peoples decisions get undermined all the time and rightly so.. if someone does something wrong in your opinion you should point it out so they can learn from it.

More to the point Millwall beat leeds.

Man utd liv game was a good game for the neutral great viewing

We didn't deserve much from the game. We was good for the last 20 mins of the first half but apart from that Liverpool pressed us better. Couldn't find the space in midfield to get any decent service to Roon or Berb's. Berbatov needs to produce something very soon

The referee didn't have a good game. How Lucas avoided being booked i don't know? Carragher should of gone. Evra's booking was harsh. He got several decisions wrong for both teams.

Liverpool's previous form was irrelevant for this fixture.

Why is lucas so yellow? Does he have liver problems?

i cant remember a big game, where one set of fans (or a manager!) didnt find fault with the ref. the refs can only call it as they see it, and i genuinely belive there are few proper biased ref's out there. the problem is that the people watching on tv get to see replays from all angles and in super slow motion, and they can be made to show things very differently. things should be viewed more often in "real time" as people cant make the concsious adjustments that seem to get picked up on the super slo mo replays

I think Rio needs to get back on the hard drugs quickly, as going cold turkey has affected his game too much. He looks weak and at one point I swear I saw a male model muscle him off the ball yesterday.

Embarrasing for him.

Great result, I thought we'd get soundly beaten. Let's hope this will spark an upturn in our form.

Great result for a team in crisis that can't win any games without Gerrard .. plus Arsenal can now do us a favour and put us out of the Carling Cup again, and help us get 4th spot back on Saturday.

why when its your only chance of silverwear this season ??

yawn.

well your not going to win the league or the CL, its this or the FA cup..

I guess its a big deal to clubs like Spurs.