{"id":301300,"date":"2011-03-11T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/11\/sir-alex-ferguson-or-arsene-wenger-who-has-more-reason-to-rant-about-officials\/"},"modified":"2011-03-11T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T13:23:00","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-or-arsene-wenger-who-has-more-reason-to-rant-about-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/11\/sir-alex-ferguson-or-arsene-wenger-who-has-more-reason-to-rant-about-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger: Who has more reason to rant about officials?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4>11 Mar 2011 13:23:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"84.932136848\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Massimo Busacca (PA)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ab69973a49465_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Massimo Busacca (PA)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"67.896\"><\/p>\n<p>        \u201cWhen I saw who was refereeing it, I feared the worst,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> bemoaned. \u201cFrankly it is embarrassing,\u201d uttered a disgusted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a>. Yet this isn\u2019t fast-forward to Saturday night\u2019s post-match interviews, in which the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> managers settle their differences to mount a unified assault on the match referee, oh no.<\/p>\n<p>The past 10 days have seen the Premier League front-runners dealt a somewhat unfortunate hand as key and costly decisions have gone against both sides with the campaign having well and truly entered the business end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ferguson<\/strong> was enraged by the manner of his side\u2019s defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at the start of the month, feeling that referee Martin Atkinson had well and truly dealt him a pinch and a punch.<\/p>\n<p>In a match which saw Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side run out 2-1 winners, despite trailing from a Wayne Rooney strike on the half-hour mark, United saw Atkinson award what Ferguson described as a &#8220;very soft&#8221; penalty, before seeing captain Nemanja Vidic dismissed for a second yellow, while Chelsea\u2019s influential defender defender David Luiz remained on the park despite repeat offences.<\/p>\n<p>And to literally add insult to injury, Nani was the victim of a reckless challenge from Liverpool\u2019s Jamie Carragher \u2013 a incident which would see the Portuguese winger ruled out for the rest of the month with a heavy gash to his leg \u2013 yet the centre-back remained on the pitch with the Reds running out 3-1 winners on the day.<\/p>\n<p>As for <strong>Wenger<\/strong>, he was hoping for a positive start to March having seen his side blow a fuse in the League Cup final defeat to Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Having beaten Leyton Orient in the FA Cup, the Gunners took on Sunderland at the Emirates with the chance of moving to within a point of United at the top of the table. But the game would finish goalless, albeit in controversial circumstances. <\/p>\n<p>First, Andrey Arshavin appeared to be pushed in the penalty area by Titus Bramble, before the Russian saw a perfectly good goal chalked off for offside. But nothing could compare to the \u2018killing\u2019 of the game by referee Massimo Busacca in Camp Nou.<\/p>\n<p>Having been dominated by Barcelona throughout the match, Arsenal were given a lifeline as makeshift defender Sergio Busquets headed past his own \u2018keeper to hand the Gunners the aggregate lead.<\/p>\n<p>With Wenger\u2019s side looking to capitalise on the home fans&#8217; unease, Robin van Persie broke clear before unleashing an effort on Victor Valdes\u2019 goal \u2013 but the Dutchman had been ruled offside.<br \/>Astonishingly, Busacca deemed Van Persie to have deliberately kicked the ball away, and as such awarded the striker his second booking of the night. <\/p>\n<p>Van Persie pleaded his innocence, that the cheering crowd \u2013 of over 90,000 \u2013 prevented him from hearing the decision. Analysis showed that merely a second had passed since the whistle was blown, and the strike itself. Down to ten men, Barcelona were quickly able to regain their stronghold, and the rest is history.<\/p>\n<p>So following ten days of turmoil for the Premier League\u2019s leading pack, and ahead of their FA Cup meeting on Saturday, <strong>Goal.Com UK<\/strong> asks the question&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Cast your vote in the poll below.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ab69973a49465_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/11\/2389690\/sir-alex-ferguson-or-arsene-wenger-who-has-more-reason-to\" title=\"Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger: Who has more reason to rant about officials?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger: Who has more reason to rant about officials?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 11 Mar 2011 13:23:00 Massimo Busacca (PA) Related Links Teams Players \u201cWhen I saw who was refereeing it, I feared the worst,\u201d Sir Alex Ferguson bemoaned. \u201cFrankly it is embarrassing,\u201d uttered a disgusted Arsene Wenger . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger: Who has more reason to rant about officials? 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