Contrary to what Sir Red Nose said, the ref was right in not sending off Carragher when he brought down Owen outside the box. In an article in Tuesday's Guardian a senior, un-named, ref agreed with Marriner's handling of the matter.
He said: "Ferguson clearly doesn't understand the law about the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
"The fouled player has to have full control of the ball and has to be moving towards the goal but Michael Owen did not fulfill either condition.
"Andre Marriner was absolutely right to award a yellow card and a direct free-kick.
He added: "It would have been totally wrong for him to have sent Jamie Carragher off. And Sir Alex should never have said that Andre Marriner was not an experienced referee when he is on the Fifa list and got all the important decisions right on Sunday."
The fact that Ferguson doesn't understand the law would come as a great surprise to you all I'm sure, he's been only managing football clubs for 30 odd years, not nearly long enough to learn the law apparently.
He said: "Ferguson clearly doesn't understand the law about the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
"The fouled player has to have full control of the ball and has to be moving towards the goal but Michael Owen did not fulfill either condition.
"Andre Marriner was absolutely right to award a yellow card and a direct free-kick.
He added: "It would have been totally wrong for him to have sent Jamie Carragher off. And Sir Alex should never have said that Andre Marriner was not an experienced referee when he is on the Fifa list and got all the important decisions right on Sunday."
The fact that Ferguson doesn't understand the law would come as a great surprise to you all I'm sure, he's been only managing football clubs for 30 odd years, not nearly long enough to learn the law apparently.
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