the ‘antics’ of Manchester United winger Ashley Young, labelling him a ‘disgrace’ and a ‘cheat’.
Young flew through the air with the greatest of ease to earn a penalty in their game against Aston Villa, his former club, but was hardly touched by a challenge from Ciaran Clark.
This comes just a week after Young dived to win a spot-kick against QPR at Old Trafford in a 2-0 victory, an event which also saw Shaun Derry receive a red card.
Ryan Taylor: “Ashley Young is an absolute DISGRACE. He's the biggest cheat in the league. His antics are a joke....” [sic]
Former Toon midfielder Jermaine Jenas added: “Never a pen the refs having a laugh!” [sic]
Sir Alex Ferguson admitted Young has emerged from the past seven days with a reputation as someone who goes down too easily, but the Manchester United boss claims not to have seen any evidence he is a diver.
Ferguson: "I think in that situation, in the last week or two, yeah.
"I have never seen that in him. It is not an habitual thing with him. He was brought down. He just made the most of it.
"But he definitely brought him down. There was contact. He has bought the fact that Ashley jinked inside him.
"He has gone down quite easily but it was a penalty. He was definitely brought down."
Source: FOOTYMAD
