Orblonde: If you don't think it is a red card then ask a referee what dangerous play is. Don't let the uk media brainwash you. If that was Real they would be talking different.

Frostyzone:

And Mourinho has this to say after the game;

"Independent of the decision, the best team lost. We didn't deserve to win, but football is like this"

Methinks that Mourinho knew Madrid were totally outclassed prior to the sending off.

ROCK-J:
Let by gone be by gone, red card or not a good team can still win with ten men. Chelsea did it against Barcelona in thesame champions league. Better luck next time to Man U.

Frostyzone:

And Mourinho has this to say after the game;

"Independent of the decision, the best team lost. We didn't deserve to win, but football is like this"

Methinks that Mourinho knew Madrid were totally outclassed prior to the sending off.

omonnakoda: The referee was not African. I am sure there are a few Europeans,Asians and Americans who agree with the referee
The logic on display in the above quote is exactly what we do NOT need in Africa. What kind of reasoning is that. We are talking of a red card and you extend that to the whole of Africa. Haba !

ROCK-J:
Let by gone be by gone, red card or not a good team can still win with ten men. Chelsea did it against Barcelona in thesame champions league. Better luck next time to Man U.

J-Mystique:
Anyone football watcher who saw that incident and thought it was a stra8 red should do the world a favour and stop watching football

stagger: I am a Man U fan. Here is what happened.

a) Nani was obviously watching the ball all the way and was trying to control the ball.
b) The unfortunate contact with Arbeloa was purely accidental.

However, the FIFA rule under which the referee issued the red card clearly states that if a player makes a contact that is deemed to seriously endanger the safety and well-being of the opposing player, the referee has to issue a red card.

Clearly, the law was made to protect players and no human law is perfect. It does not take into account whether the contact was accidental or not. The overriding premise is "safety of the opposing player". So as much as I hate to admit it, the red card according to the present rules, was justified.

If that contact had been made to the Arbeloa's jaw or the back of his head for instance, we would have been talking something else. Footballers have died from such misplaced contacts accidental or not and there is nothing we can do about it.

BodyKiss: I can tell from the comments, that most people saying the red card was deserving didn't watch the match or just letting their hate for Man Utd cloud their judgment. @poster am sure there's a better video of that incident than the one you posted here. You can see from the below video everybody was surprised at the ref's decision. No person on the planet saw it coming except the ref.

This is a better video to judge the incident, listen to the commentators, watch the reaction of Madrid's players. The ref's decision was a shocker.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4NQsphCWQY

licensed2k: He was tryna control the ball midair and arbeloa ran through him fully awared....
If you think that was a red card, you are either anti man united or your mediocrity level has gone up off the charts.
The @OP intention was to paint nani in a bad light or how do u explain showin only the side that makes nani looked like the culprit. Arbeloa saw him, he knew what he was running into.
Nuf said.

J-Mystique:
Mehn nigerians can display stupidity online,hw is that a str8 red,this sort of clashes happen every week in football,nani jumped to control a baL not knowing Arbeloa was coming from BEHIND,with his eye on the ball the whole time.How about Diego Lopez who punched RVP str8 in the face while trying to punch the ball is that a red?.Even RM players were suprised @ it,according 2 the commentator the ref was the only person in the stadium who thought dt was a red.I knw you all hate Manu bt its no reason to type crap when the whole world has agreed that it was an injustice
That being said,ref has been helping manu b4 tho,its karma

afees hassan: Nani allowed the ref to take such decision by rolling on ground when all the official knows that ur tackle is dangerouse.that is stimulation which is even a yellow card offence.but such a big matche yellow card it is ok.

Toyolad: Though he was lookin at d ball nd didnt c albeloa comin bt dat kinda tackle isn't allowed in champions league games....moreover his feet was at albeloa's rib 4 2 secs nd seein wat he did,he startd rollin on d floor as if he was d injured man. D ref made d rite decision 2me oo