United Out...

[C.O.Prodigy]

firstly, rafael was fouled in the first half, the ref got the decision wrong and he lashed out, if the ref would have got the decision right then there would have been no petulance, and no yellow card

secondly, the second yellow was soft and the bayern players definitely affected the refs decision, he wasn't going to issue a second yellow until they starting whinging, plus, ribery clearly reacted to the foul and should have received a yellow

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thirdly, if rafael hadn't been sent off then i think it's safe to say that united would have easily taken care of bayern, they didn't have a clue in the first half and apart from conceding the late goal, united were sensational, especially nani and (ironically) rafael

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the most frustrating aspect of the nights procedings was sir alex's reaction the rafael sending off, we needed to bring on a recognised forward to hold the ball and ease pressure on our back line, nani was never going to able to do this and the introduction of berba came too late

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I also think that some other keeper, maybe a slightly shorter one like Casillas or Reina would have done better on the first bayern goal. Van der Sar was at a disadvantage with a low shot. Although saying that Olic could have gone top shelf with another keeper. It's safe to say that if the first half finished 3:0 utd would have gone through, they allowed a silly first goal.


EDIT: it's also safe to say that the second bayern goal was spectacular and is deserving of winning any football match.