adminside come from behind twice to claim a 2-2 draw at Upton Park, Ferguson was also outspoken in his criticism of referee Lee Probert whom he accused of being insufficiently “strong” in the face of West Ham’s aggression.
It did look like Carroll might partly have been pushed into De Gea by Nemanja Vidic in the incident in question. Asked about the challenge, Ferguson said: “I think it’s obvious. I don’t think you dwell on that . . . it’s an obvious red card but the referee has seen it differently.”
Asked on Sky Sports about whether he had seen that Robin van Persie had been offside for his goal, Manchester United’s second equaliser, Ferguson gave the impression he was not. “Really?” he replied.
Ferguson said: “We kept going were down twice and came back. We played like champions I thought, magnificent, in terms of determination, courage to play. I was pleased with the result.
“We know how they (West Ham) play, the ball is in the air most of the time and you have to defend those things.
“They are very, very aggressive, as we have seen, you hope there’s a strong referee and I am not so sure we got that.
“David has improved all the time all season and he is developing into a fantastic goalkeeper,” Ferguson added. — Independent/Mailonline.
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