United ‘regret’ comments by Fergie

MANCHESTER UNITED have expressed their regret at comments made by manager Alex Ferguson over the punishments handed to Arsenal players by the Football Association in October.

Arsenal and five of their players received fines totalling £275,000 and suspensions adding up to nine games over the ugly scenes which marred their Premiership clash with United at Old Trafford in September.

Ferguson, however, voiced the suspicion that Arsenal had concluded a secret deal with the FA to water down their sentence, but the club have accepted assurances that this was not the case.