Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson: Terrible decisions have gone against us & I must be careful not to become paranoid

Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United

Related Links

Teams

Players

Having spoken about his side’s apparent lack of luck with refereeing decisions in recent weeks, Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that he must not become obsessed by their misfortunes.

The Manchester United boss received a five-match touchline ban for his comments after their 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, in which he questioned the performance of referee Martin Atkinson.

“I think the last few games we’ve had terrible decisions against us and you’ve just got to be careful you don’t have paranoia about it,” Ferguson said to ESPN

“But ability-wise we’re a good team, we played exceptionally well at Chelsea in the last game. We were very, very unlucky and we didn’t deserve to lose the game.”

“We take that into the game because ability-wise we don’t have a problem,” added Ferguson.

And Ferguson was quick to acknowledge why he was punished by the FA, but believes there should be more scope for managers to speak their mind about officials performances during games.

“If you speak your mind it’s a problem in the game,” noted Ferguson.

“They’re very strong in supporting the referees.

“In a way I totally agree with that, but there’s got to be fair comment also, and I think I try to do that.”