I dont agree with you there. The first 1 I mean come on please, only at Old Trafford do you get peanlties liuke those and as for Gerrard week in week out in the Prem challenges go in like that and get yellow cards. The only reason it was a red is because it was at Old Trafford against UTD from the same ref that allowed De Jong to front kick alonso in hus chest in the world cup final.
It was a red card challenge - and should be given in most games. Yes, it's true that Webb wouldn't have given it the other way, and it's also true that Webb is a horrible ref and his inconsistency is disgusting (the Fabregas handball last season is one that really sticks in my craw) - but come on.
Gerrard, as do we all, knows or should no better - Webb at OT is always liable to invent a situation in favour of the Mancs (a la the penalty) so why give him the ammo? If he sees penalties where none are there he isn't going to be shy when you commit an ACTUAL blatant red card tackle for goodness sakes. Webb was Webb, Gerrard was stupid.
Doesn't make it right, but it's not going to change unless the FA/Media really examine the issue and do something about it. Which they have no interest in doing. Therefore a player like Gerrard, who understands the score in this fixture, should know that he simply isn't going to get away with challenges like that at OT with Howard Webb as ref - and there's no way we'd be able to change it on appeal either - it would be rightly dismissed as frivolous.
Furthermore it's not like there's a grey area on the subject. Again, sure, Webb won't apply it to Utd in that way, certainly not at OT, and of course that isn't fair, but we all know that's the case, we all know that isn't changing. Gerrard shouldn't be making those kinds of challenges in ANY game under ANY ref because a 'perfect ref' would give that as a red card 100% of the time. The fact that Utd players get away with that shit time and time again doesn't change the fact that it's a red card challenge and a stupid one to make.
