what a load of piiiiiish!!!!! Everybody KNOWS it­ wasn't a penalty and UEFA are cowardly c@nts -­ they can overturn this if they wanted to. Platini was a­ great player but evrytime he opens his gob, it makes­ him look like a @#$%! as much as it pains me to say­ that. The ref made a terribel terrible error and­ everyone feels for Fletcher!!!

Scarlet, I think I love you.
Strummerdood, I agree with­ everything you said and yes, you were amusing too even­ if Tom doesn't think so.
jackmcloughlin1, Scarlet­ made a football comment and had misogynistic drivel­ spouted at her from your bum-buddy Tom. She answered­ him in kind. Sometimes it's the only thing these­ morons understand.
Tom, crawl back up your own ar5e you­ brain dead bin dipper.

And do you know the meaning of a dive you tard? Gomes­ went through Carrick, whether he got the ball or not...­ Carrick had no choice but to go to ground.

Stupid­ bitter LFC fans... go shine your trophy cabinet in hope­ you'll get something by 2020.

garyholdstock... you need top stfu as well and go s.uck­ your husband's dic.k.
he purposely left his legs to­ injure fabregas????? what a dumb statement.
and he may­ have come from behind, but he tackled from the side, he­ wrapped his legs around him.

While I will be the first to agree that Gomes did get­ the ball and it was a mistake, Gomes did not get sent­ off. Therefore the two incidents can only be compared­ in terms of the penalty. Also how was Fletcher not­ supposed to 'leave his leg out' he had just­ kicked the ball what do you want him to dislocate his­ leg and move it so that there is no possibility of­ touching Fabregas? That's ridiculous. Also Carrick­ did not dive against Gomes he clearly caught the­ goalkeeper but it wasn't a foul. And finally­ Ronaldo does go down far too easily but as you said­ yourself get over it on the one hand you say Fletcher­ should get over a bad decision, well doesn't that­ apply to you as well? again sorry for the rant I just­ hate it when people say things that are so obviously­ hypocritical.

hello i am an arsenal fan. I believe this was a bad­ tackle and anywhere else on the pitch it would have­ been a yellow card and a free kick. But because it was­ in the penalty area, it was a penalty and a red card.­ Everyone just stop commenting and get over it- i was­ the one who lost 4-1. However, i don't like man u­ and this is not because of the match. I have always­ hated them from the first minute i was in this world.­ But good luck to the teams left in this.

Referee made a mistake but to be fair it's about­ time they made a mistake against man utd. Anyway the­ red card will probably do utd a favour coz­ fletcher's @#$%

keverley you tool, if a man gets the ball before he­ gets the man without any over-aggressive actions,­ it's a clean tackle. That's what happened and­ it wasn't red... get over yourself.
I know­ you're probably one of those saddos who goes around­ disagreeing with everything to do with Man Utd.. but­ please get a life

I see many "just because he­ touched the ball­ doesnt make the tackle acceptable" but unless you­ break the guy's legs (or similar dangerous play),­ surely that's the rule?!? Just cos the attacker­ falls to the ground doesn't make it dangerous.

clean tackle?????? come on alex chick..... it was a­ maybe harsh red card but the foul was sooooo­ evident.... life goes on now, solutions will be found.­ he's not sir alex for nothing. am a big arsenal fan­ but hats off to ManU. nothing to say abt the way they­ outclassed us even though they were lucky in the­ beginning.

Keverley if a player gets the ball and then the man­ then the tackle is a fair one. the fact that he came in­ from just behind the player only features in the­ suitable punsihment afterwards. Fletcher is one of the­ most under-rated players at United (I did until this­ season) and he fully deserves to play in the final.­ Come on UEFA sort it out if you can appeal a decision­ in one competition then you should be able to appeal­ them in all competitions. Sorry for the rant

it wasn't a red card for the only reason that he­ got the ball. it was a yellow and a penalty no doubt­ about it, but the red was a little too harsh.

I thought it was a red Card and rightly so for 2­ reasons.
1. He tackled from behind - think that Man U­ fans like doing that too.
2. He purposely left his legs­ in to injure Fabregas.

Its a Red Card and Utd fans­ should get over it, bit like Gomes had to get over that­ Blatant Dive that Carrick did or Ronaldo's obvious­ dive for his free kick (which was very poor­ goalkeeping).

Accept it United Fans, Fletcher will not­ be playing and rightly so, just make sure you are­ watching when they get beat in the Final by Barcelona­ or Chelsea.

Keverley, If you nothing decent to say shut up, it was­ a great tackle, referee made big mistake, end of story.

It was man or ball! he had to go, just because he­ touched the ball doesnt make the tackle acceptable.­ Come on Utd - get over it!

I think it is shameful that UEFA do not allow an appeal­ in this situation - in any other situation where you­ are penalised in some way - there is always a right to­ appeal. As an Arsenal fan, I was of course disappointed­ in the result - but as a football fan I am genuinely­ gutted for Fletcher. UEFA need to get their head out of­ their a55es and realise that 'mistaken­ indentity' is not the only mistake a ref can, and­ certainly does, make.

Strummerdood your uneducated comments amuse nobody but­ yourself. Jackmcloughlin11 once again thank you for­ your support.

strummerdood!!? I feck you right off because I'm­ right. You haven't the intelligence to express­ yourself in any other way. Its frustration that comes­ from the inability to create an educated opinion. I­ don't agree with what he said but there was no need­ to get off of the subject at hand... FOOTBALL!