Manchester Utd got a vital three points yesterday from a ridiculous refereeing decision by clueless Rob Styles. After a hour gone at Old Trafford, Bolton were holding firm and had the best chance of the game so far from midfielder Fabrice Muamba. The Red Devils were firing blanks until Ronaldo was stopped fairly in the box by defender JLloyd Samuel’s well-timed tackle. As a result, Ronaldo scored from the spot and there was no way back for the Trotters. Substitute Wayne Rooney rounded off the win in the 77th minute with a curling effort into the bottom right hand corner of the net.
This is the latest in a long line of dreadful penalty decisions by Styles. Last year there were two more horror shows. One was at St. Andrews where he penalised Sun Jihai for a shoulder barge. There is more force in a Stephen Hawking punch than there was in that ‘foul’. The second was a penalty awarded at Anfield against Liverpool last season. The goal gave Chelsea the equaliser in the 1-1- draw. Referees’ chief Keith Hackett rang Rafa Benitez to apologize because of the decision was so bad. Hackett is bound to be on the speed dial of every Premiership manager after yesterday.
Bolton manager Gary Megson was typically honest, “The decision is an absolute howler. It was an absolute nonsense. I don’t think anyone in the ground thought it was an actual penalty. We thought that Ronaldo was going to get booked for diving, which would have been strong, but to give a penalty was a complete surprise - it was an absolute nonsense decision. He’s played the ball, it’s not even close, and Cristiano’s fallen over his leg.” It’s hard to argue with this and even Fergie saw the Bolton side of it, “I was surprised because it looked as though their lad got a foot on the ball”. This is a miracle from the knight. The last time he admitted Man Utd were lucky was when Michael Jackson was still black.
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We havent looked great at united but i seriously feel we will slam a team soon, probably blackburn on sat.