Last night, Manchester United boosted their chances of reaching the quarter finals in Europe after a 1-0 away win against Lille. It wasn’t without controversy though. When Ryan Giggs scored the winning goal with 7 minutes left to play, the Lille players responded by attempting to walk off the field. Giggs took the free kick whilst Lille were preparing the wall, however there was nothing wrong with the goal.
The game started with United fans being crushed due to poor management by groundstaff and police, and finished with Lille fans throwing things at the Manchester United players.
Ferguson has spoken out about the incident today. “It was intentional,” Ferguson told Sky Sports News about Lille’s attempted walk-off. “We should have taken the throw-in right away and got on with the game. It created such a melee of bodies on the touchline and the game was stopped because of it. I have never seen anything like it in my life,” he added. “It was intimidation of the fans, it made it hostile. Gary Neville was struck on the head by an object. They started bombarding all areas of the pitch and I have never seen anything like it, so I don’t know how to digest it. Obviously Uefa will do something, but it is in their hands.”