yeh it was a good challenge but it shouldnt have been a­ red card. the player is not an agressive one or a bad­ mannered one he is in fact one of uniteds players with­ a nice attitude which is a change no offence so i feel­ sorry for the lad he probably dreamed about playing in­ the final and unfortunately his dream was ruined in the­ space of 2 minutes. so dont think im a fan of united­ coz im not

To H, Post #75. Are we to understand that the pushing­ away of the Arsenal wall contributed to the goal? In­ any case isn't that something that players do all­ the time?
It was a brilliant free kick and had nothing­ to with the wall - unless the wall tumbled down when it­ was pushed which means it was not well built.

kdjukes do you know the rules?
it's not just about­ getting the ball. the nature of the tackle is­ important. a tackle from behind is always against the­ defender unless he clearly get's the ball and not­ the man. in this case fletcher's tackle was from­ behind, barely got the ball, and was very heavy of­ fabregas. the ref may have spared him the red, but it­ was definitely worth the yellow and the penalty. the­ rules are clear as you say, so why do you bring clowds­ where you want to? given that it was an italian ref,­ and in seria a 9 out of 10 the ref would give a red for­ that, he gave a red for that. enough said. you are used­ to english refs judging united, well this is europe and­ europe is not bound to play to fa rules. either united­ plays by european rules or they can choose to pay their­ debts in other ways.

Fletcher shouldn't have been sent off, but he­ shouldn't have pushed the Arsenal wall out of the­ way either for United's second goal.

You win some,­ you lose some.

man u to be european champions for the forseible­ future. Best team in the world by far. sell sell sell­ and still be on top!!!!!!

I can't believe some of you people...rules are­ rules...fletcher got the ball, therefor not a penalty­ or sending off, tho it did look bad from the refs view­ so you cant blame him. Gomez taking down Carrick was­ NOT a pen, gomez got the ball, Carrick couldnt help but­ tumble, def wasn't a dive, and that was harsh on­ Spurs. Man u vs Everton, FA Cup Semi...United should­ have had a pen and didnt. It happens, we get to see the­ replays 5 times, the Refs get one look. You win some­ you lose some you know. United to beat Chelsea in the­ final :-)

Mazhar132 ur a fool! Thats the whole point of a­ defensive tackle... to prevent the other team from­ shooting/scoring!!

Sorry about him!It was said he just enjoyed hot dating­ with a rich black female on "M i l l i 0 n a i r­ e l 0 v e s . coo 00 m"

i would love to see this decision overturned but in­ return the decision against Spurs looked at and a­ penalty awarded and the Man U player sent off as should­ have happened.
Good or bad live with it !!

FABREGAS
don't be mean
bad winners
no i am not a­ sore loser

bad luck luck fletcher should never been sent of­ gunners where perthetic ref needs glasses man united­ all the way

Tom W Ward, very mature comment, get back to school.

Tom, your surname is Ward, are you a Pikey?

I have to say to every Man Utd fan if you thought the­ Gomes Pen was a pen then so was this, in fact this was­ less clear. So what you should all be saying is good­ decesion or what that mean admitting you were handed­ the title. Seriously the 1 or 2 that go against you is­ nothing for what you as a team get in return.

Poor judgment from the ref, but poorer still from­ Fletcher.....why even make such a risky tackle when you­ are 3 - 0 up with only minutes to play?

Mazhar132 on that logic the role of defender may as­ well be scrapped. What the hell is the point in a­ defender not being allowed to touch the ball if it may­ stop the opposition shooting? Are you saying that once­ you are in the area the opposition must let you­ through? or should they line up on the goal line so­ that there is no way that they could touch the opposing­ player or the ball?