Ferguson questions Marriner experience

ALEX FERGUSON risked landing himself in further trouble with the Football Association after questioning whether referee Andre Marriner had enough experience to handle Manchester United’s meeting with Liverpool yesterday.

The United manager suggested that Marriner made an error in sending off Nemanja Vidic, insisted that the official should have sent off Jamie Carragher for bringing down Michael Owen and that United should have had a first-half penalty for a foul on Michael Carrick.

Ferguson has already been charged by the FA over comments he made about referee Alan Wiley following United’s 2-2 draw with Sunderland last month.