Referee the reason we feel so bitter

THE minute I saw the Manchester derby scoreline I had a horrible feeling that events were not going to unfold exactly how I had hoped on Sunday — we never seem to take advantage when the Reds slip — and boy, did they slip!

But even I, the harbinger of doom, could not have predicted an afternoon of such complete madness.

Chelsea are not a dirty team — look at the fair play league last season if you need statistical proof — but it’s simply not the way we play. And, with Drogba’s tackle aside, it was not a dirty game.