Source: Daily_Mail
Raging Ronaldo: Why was I booked for diving when Pederson escaped?
Cristiano Ronaldo has questioned why he got a yellow card but Morten Gamst Pedersen escaped during Manchester United's Barclays Premier League win overBlackburn.The pair were involved in contentious incidents at either end of the field during the second half of United's 2-1 home success yesterday.But while Ronaldo was booked for diving, referee Howard Webb chose to wave play on when Pedersen went down under Rafael Da Silva's challenge. Booked: Ronaldo is shown yellow by Howard Webb'I didn't think theirs was a penalty. The referee did not give it anyway. He didn't give the player anything either - but he gave me a yellow,' Ronaldo said.Sir Alex Ferguson was even more forceful in his condemnation of an incident he felt was clear-cut - even if his opposite number Sam Allardyce had a different view.'It is not a blatant one, but Da Silva has had a little tug,' argued Allardyce, who refused to rebuke his player for hitting the deck.'You have to make the referee's mind up - Kevin Davies will tell you that.'He gets fouled more than anyone else in the Premier League. He stays on his feet and never gets fouls. What do you do?' Tussle: Pederson (left) and Da Silva do battleThe latter incident denied Rovers a point; the former was part of a stormy five-minute period during which Ronaldo might easily have been sent off if Webb had taken a less lenient view of a clash with David Dunn that Ferguson felt was sensible but fears others may not.'I know people will make a meal of it. But it was no more than a flick, and the referee gave him a warning. You see it time and time again,' observed Ferguson.'He has to live with the examination of him. It would have been a ridiculous sending-off.'Ronaldo is unlikely to be adversely affected by any criticism, especially because he can take the memory of his brilliant match-winning free-kick with him on tomorrow's flight to Milan for the Champions League encounter with Inter Milan.'I am quite happy with the goal - it was a good free-kick,' said the world player of the year.The full cost of victory will only be seen at the San Siro on Tuesday night when the Red Devils run out to face Jose Mourinho's Inter.With Gary Neville and Wes Brown already out through injury and Nemanja Vidic suspended, United are desperately hoping John O'Shea recovers from a heel injurythat prevented him facing Blackburn - because Jonny Evans seems highly unlikelyto be fit, after suffering a recurrence of an ankle problem.'We are having a nightmare with defenders this season,' said Ferguson.'The defenders are being changed all the time. You reach a point when you start to find it hard.' Man United 2 Blackburn 1: Ronaldo lets fly to see off RoversBLACKBURN ROVERS FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEBMANCHESTER UNITED FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE WEB