Sir Alex Ferguson accused referee Martin Atkinson’s decisions of ‘changing the game’ after Manchester United lost 2-1 at Chelsea.<\/p>\n
United suffered just a second Premier League defeat of the season at Stamford Bridge after Wayne Rooney’s opener was cancelled out by David Luiz and Frank Lampard’s penalty.<\/p>\n
However, Ferguson was unhappy that Chelsea defender Luiz was not shown a second yellow card for a trip on Rooney just two minutes before Lampard scored the winner.<\/p>\n
The spot-kick came after Chris Smalling felled Yuri Zhirkov and Ferguson was disappointed with Atkinson’s handling of an end-to-end contest.<\/p>\n
“I think that we defended badly on the first goal, that was a bad one to lose, but the penalty kick was so soft,” Ferguson told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
“We played very well and I thought it was a great performance by us, we didn’t deserve that and that’s three years in a row that referees’ decisions have changed the game.”
Incredible<\/p>\n
Regarding Luiz escaping a red card, Ferguson said: “It’s incredible. Even before that, he’s done Chicharito off the ball, he’s done him late and there’s nothing done and the referee’s in front of it.<\/p>\n
“Then he does Rooney, it’s clear as day and he’s six yards from it, but he doesn’t do anything – that changes the game.<\/p>\n
“You’re talking about what changed the game in the second half and these decisions changed the game, and he’s going to be refereeing every week.”<\/p>\n
United also had captain Nemanja Vidic sent off late on for a second booking following a foul on Ramires, but Ferguson did not have a view of that incident.<\/p>\n
He said: “To be honest, I didn’t see what happened as it was away in the corner. I’ll have to look at that again.”<\/p>\n
The result leaves Chelsea 12 points behind United in the title race with a game in hand and Ferguson was asked whether the holders are still in contention.<\/p>\n
The United boss replied: “With decisions like tonight, it can change anything. They got a lot of decisions tonight and that surprised me in a major game like that, I’m surprised.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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