Sir Alex was frustrated by refereeing decisions during Uniteds
1-0 loss at Bolton Wanderers.
The Reds' boss was sent to the stands at half-time after
confronting Mark Clattenburg about what he described as Bolton's
over-physical approach.
There were late tackles and I cant believe some of the things
that were going on, Sir Alex told MUTV. I thought there were two
or three very dodgy tackles and you hope the referee is strong in
those situations. We do play our football and it was important to
keep playing football. But you need the protection and we did not
get that.
I made my feelings known to the referee and he did not like it.
Some referees dont like the truth and so I had to spend the second
half upstairs.
I think we improved in the second half, in terms of our passing.
And the movement was better. It was difficult to break Bolton down
because after they went 1-0 up at their home ground, they just
defended."
Gerard Pique was the subject of criticism on post-match phone-ins
after missing a header In the lead-up to Nicolas Anelkas
11th-minute strike. But Sir Alex refused to single out the young
Spaniard for blame.
You dont like losing goals and Bolton are famed for their
set-piece play. It was something we discussed before the game - we
said, 'If you handle that we should be okay'. But we didnt and it
was a good start for them.
