QPR chief accuses Young of diving

QPR chief executive Phil Beard labelled Ashley Young a diver after he won the penalty that resulted in Manchester United’s opening goal at Old Trafford today.

United went on to win the match 2-0 (match report to follow).

Young appeared to go down easily under pressure from Shaun Derry, who was shown a straight red card before Wayne Rooney tucked in the first-half spot-kick.

Beard then likened Young to British Olympic diver Tom Daley in a Twitter post that was re-tweeted by QPR majority shareholder Tony Fernandes.

“Difficult to take after watching numerous replays but Ashley Young could partner Tom Daley at the Olympics £QPR,” he wrote.

QPR director Ruben Emir Gnanalingam was also aggrieved, pointing to the fact Young also appeared to be offside in the lead-up to the incident, adding: “It was offside and a dive by Young! Alex Ferguson’s luck with calls continues. Just wish there was video technology!”

Fernandes replied to that tweet, saying: “Awful. Spoilt another game.”

He then added: “Thank you to all the manchester united (sic) fans for their honesty. Have received 150 tweets saying he was offside and was never a penalty.”