Evra: Battling with Obertan
Rio Ferdinand admitted on Twitter after the 1-1 draw with Newcastle that he felt unable to express his true feelings about linesman John Flynn for fear of ending up with a hefty fine.
Evra was one of those who made his feelings plain to referee Mike Jones as Demba Ba was celebrating his equaliser.
However, after a game in which United spurned half a dozen glorious chances, the France full-back feels his team-mates would be well served to adopt a more reflective stance.
“The referee took the responsibility. He went to see the linesman. He said, are you sure?” said Evra.
“He said he was sure it was a penalty so the referee trusted his man. What can you say about that?
“But we have to focus more on the chances that we missed because we could have won the game before that accident.”
Unusually, Javier Hernandez was one of the chief culprits.
Although the Mexican opened the scoring, even if he did not know anything about it as Steven Taylor smashed an attempted clearance straight at him, the rebound bouncing into an empty net as Tim Krul had dived to save Wayne Rooney’s initial shot, he wasted “four one-on-ones” according to Sir Alex Ferguson.
In addition, he had a last-gasp effort ruled out for offside, having already been foiled by former United full-back Danny Simpson, who was perfectly placed to boot a goalbound header off the line.
“I am keeping my head down,” said the Salford-born defender. “I have already had a few texts from friends who are not very happy.
“There was a bit of banter with the players at the end, with them telling me I had spoiled their day.
“United are quality. When you look at the chances, people might ask why they didn’t win the game.
“You can see why they score so many late goals. They are so clever.
“Even with the offside, it was a relief.”
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has certainly instilled an inner belief amongst his squad, who after last week’s defeat at Manchester City, must now steel themselves for yet another stern test, at home to Chelsea.
In contrast, United will lick their wounds and wait to hear whether the FA are going to take any action over Ferguson’s comments, with Evra believing they must find the scoring touch that has deserted them since that scintillating early season run.
“If we want to win the league, we have to score more goals,” said Evra.
“Against Arsenal we created eight chances and scored eight goals. In this match we created seven chances and scored only one.”
It has left United looking over their shoulders at a quickly-closing Tottenham, not to mention wonder at how best to overhaul Manchester City.
Not that Ferguson is giving off the air of a worried man.
“I will worry in April,” he said, curtly, when asked about his fears.
Phlegmgrilled…calm down there son. 13 games done ONLY. Don’t spill the beans too early…or do you need me to remind you of the mess that Sir Alex made of a certain Kevin Keegan way back in ’95?…Jeez
- utd_till_i_die
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