Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has rejected Patrick Vieira’s recent claims that his side get the best of refereeing decisions.
The Manchester City football development executive claimed that match officials are scared to award decisions against the Premier League champions at Old Trafford, after a Michael Carrick foul on Danny Murphy in the Red Devils’ box went unpunished in Monday night’s game with Fulham.
However, Ferguson feels that luck evens out through a season.
“From the referee’s position, I can see why he didn’t give a penalty when Danny Murphy was brought down,” the Scot told reporters, reported by Sky Sports.
“The ball moved to the angle as Michael Carrick challenged him. From that position, it wasn’t clear.
“It was a good claim but City could have had a penalty against them at Stoke for a foul by Gareth Barry.
“Every club gets breaks here and there, you get good ones and bad ones.
“It evens itself out over the season, that will never change.
“We had a terrible decision earlier this season when Newcastle got a penalty and Tottenham could claim the same when Mario Balotelli wasn’t sent off and ended up scoring the winning goal.
“You could go through millions of things like that.
“Maybe smaller clubs feel that (decisions go against them when they play big clubs) but someone said some years ago that we get lots of penalties. It is only averaging out at three a year.
“You can’t say that is a lot when you are attacking teams all the time.
“Most managers believe the breaks even themselves out,” he concluded.
By Gareth McKnight
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