well done phil dowd

common sense prevails

Former Premier League referee Graham Poll agreed that Dowd had made the correct decision, arguing that when Agbonlahor was brought down, he was facing away from goal.

"The referee would have looked for any reason he could not to send that player off because of the occasion," Poll told BBC Sport.

"People will say there's nothing about a cup final in the laws of the game, but you try to apply some common sense and understand the occasion and in that situation there was within law a technicality which meant he could leave Vidic on, and so he did."

Posted By: SCC 28, Mar 1, 09:22:17