Monday, March 10, 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo claimed that poor refereeing standards in English football have left him 'scared' to play his natural game after a controversial performance by refereee Martin Atkinson contributed to Manchester United's shock 1-0 FA Cup exit at the hands of Portsmouth.
Ronaldo said: "The referee against Portsmouth was unbelievable. In the first five minutes, there were three fouls and he took no action and then he failed to give a penalty. It's difficult to play like this. Sometimes they just protect the defenders and I am thinking about having to change my game because it is difficult to play like that."
Atkinson, one of the more inexperienced officials on the Premier League list, was also singled out for criticism bye Ferguson, but the Unitedboss reserved his strongest tirade for referees' supremo Keith Hackett, the man charged with appointing officialsto games.
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