Real rage as media throw the booking at Becks

DAVID BECKHAM is being blamed by some for Real Madrid’s Champions League exit - even though he didn’t play in the 3-1 defeat by Monaco that sealed the Spanish champions’ fate.

Beckham's injury-time booking against Monaco in the first leg in Madrid could turn out to have been one of the most expensive sporting errors of his career.

His sending-off for England in the 1998 World Cup against Argentina will always top the list, but for consequences the booking two weeks ago takes second place, in the view of some in Madrid.