FA Cup 6th Round: Man United v Chelsea

As I sat on my sofa on Tuesday evening for the much hyped and eagerly anticipated second leg between Manchester United and Real Madrid, I spotted a very familiar face as Nemanja Vidic and Sergio Ramos met in the centre circle for the traditional coin toss — it was none other than my good friend, Cuneyt Cakir, the referee who sent me off in the final few minutes of our match against Italy in Poznan at Euro 2012.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson claims it is “hard to keep your faith” in football after decisions like Nani’s red card on Tuesday – but referee Cuneyt Cakir still insists he made the right call.

Alex Ferguson insists Wayne Rooney will still be at Manchester United next season.

Swansea manager and former Real Madrid great Michael Laudrup believes referee Cuneyt Cakir made “a very poor decision” when he sent off Nani during Manchester United’s Champions League exit.

Rio Ferdinand will not face disciplinary action from UEFA for sarcastically applauding Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.

Rio Ferdinand is likely to find out today whether he will face disciplinary action for sarcastically applauding Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.

Uefa have opened disciplinary proceedings against Manchester United over Nani’s red card and the non-fulfilment of post-match media obligations at Tuesday night’s Champions League match with Real Madrid, the European governing body have confirmed.

“A 36-year-old insurance agent from Istanbul knocked United out of Europe.”

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Manchester United over Nani’s red card and the non-fulfilment of post-match media obligations at last night’s Champions League match with Real Madrid, the European governing body has confirmed.

Manchester United are still waiting to discover whether they will face UEFA sanctions following their Champions League exit against Real Madrid.

The referee who controversially sent off Manchester United winger Nani during last night’s Champions League defeat to Real Madrid can point to the laws of the game as justification for his decision.

Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir caused controversy last night when he sent off Manchester United winger Nani in the Champions League tie against Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo held his hands above his head almost in apology; in fact he looked almost as forlorn as when Denis Law scored against his beloved United back in 1974. But we always knew it was going to happen.

Before kick-off, ITV gave us a montage of high beam gymnastics.

It’s not a sentiment normally afforded serial winners, but there’ll be a lot of sympathy for the Red Devils this morning.

Manchester United 1 Real Madrid 2 (agg 2-3)

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Chelsea have qualified for the Champions League final after beating Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate in their semi-final tie, drawing the second leg 2-2 at the Nou Camp tonight.

Petr Cech has claimed referee Cuneyt Cakir could play a key part in Chelsea’s bid to reach the Champions League final tonight.