BBC description

"Drogba was sent off four minutes from the end of extra time by Slovakian referee Lubos Michel for slapping Vidic after an ugly melee developed when Chelsea felt Tevez had been unsporting in returning the ball after a break for players to be treated for cramp. "

As I saw it - and it was all a bit confused, so can't be sure about this - the ball was put out because Chelsea players had cramp.

When Chelsea got the ball from the resulting throw-in, Tevez immediately pressured the player with the ball, and encouraged his team-mates to do likewise.

Seemed reasonable to me - the ball had gone out 'cos of Chelsea injuries, so why should they gain any advantage?

But Utd didn't like it and it all kicked off.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on May 22nd 2008 at 11:05:07

Message Thread

So, had Droga behaved like an adult... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 10:24:13
- I forget, the rest of the players on the field were a shining example of maturity (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, May 22, 10:38:44
  - Nobody slapped a Chelsea player in the face the two times they did that (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 10:44:22
    - You seem to think I'm defending drogba, which I'm not (Other Football) - pants, May 22, 10:52:59
      - Right, so regardless of the rest which I thought was handled well... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 10:56:43
        
        You might have seen why og is annoyed with Tevez if you had (Other Football) - pants, May 22, 10:59:59
        
        Really ? I saw about 20 replays of it and I didn't notice. Neither did the (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 11:01:28
        
        BBC description (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, May 22, 11:05:07
        
        Tevez instigated the incident... (Other Football) - Declan, May 22, 11:04:38
        
        (btw, if you mean doing something fairly innocent because you KNOW the big Jesse on (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 11:02:35
        
        Depends where you watch the incident start I suppose (Other Football) - pants, May 22, 11:04:44
  - it was a straight red though, no other straight red's stood out. (n/m) (Other Football) - samcd84, May 22, 10:44:02
- He never takes pens (Other Football) - Old Git, May 22, 10:30:42
  - His face said it all, he had it in his ego to be the last, and be the one to win it (Other Football) - pants, May 22, 10:43:25
    - That's a bit harsh (Other Football) - Old Git, May 22, 10:45:30
      - No, it's a bit biased. Drogba is untouchable to pants, which is rather ironic (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 10:46:43
        
        Few rounds of "Cry on the telly" next year though, which will be awesome. (n/m) (Other Football) - sheffieldcanary, May 22, 11:31:28
        
        haha, good troll (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, May 22, 10:50:24
        
        ??? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 10:51:51
  - He'd have no choice in a penalty shoot-out (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 10:31:14
    - Only if it got down to number 10! (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, May 22, 10:32:59
- Maybe. But I suspect Terry would always have taken that last pen (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, May 22, 10:28:44
  - Either way to be honest he was unlucky with it, but (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 22, 10:32:38
    - But he is Cherman (Other Football) - Old Git, May 22, 10:33:28
  - Bit of both, probably (Other Football) - Old Git, May 22, 10:31:06
    - Rarely black and white???? (Other Football) - CB41, May 22, 10:32:43

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