Ferguson furious with referee decisions after FA Cup exit
Sir Alex Ferguson blamed poor referee decisions for United defeat
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The Red Devils boss was disappointed United had a penalty turned down in the seventh minute when Sylvain Distin barged Cristiano Ronaldo, before going down to a Muntari penalty late in the second half.
United will wonder how they didn’t win the match after Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Patrice Evra went tantalisingly close.
Ferguson was disappointed with referee Martin Atkinson and told MUTV: "It's absolutely ridiculous. I cannot explain it.
"Managers get sacked because of things like that and he's going to referee a game next week.
"I agree with Sepp Blatter, the standards in our game as opposed to the Continent, the tolerance level, is behind Europe. I think it's a big problem."
The Red Devils boss believes the penalty decision totally changed the match.
"The game was decided by the decision not to give us a penalty. They had great confidence to hang on knowing the referee was on their side," said Ferguson.
"Lassana Diarra had eight or nine fouls in the match. It's incredible. I've got to agree with Arsene Wenger. Someone is going to get a serious injury in our game. He's had one himself with Eduardo.
"It's not a nice thing to talk about but, the treatment Ronaldo is getting, I'm worried about him," he added.