Manchester United winger Nani has hit out at
Liverpool's Jamie Carragher after his challenge on the Portuguese
winger left him with a gashed leg.
Carragher was booked for the challenge in Liverpool's 3-1 win at
Anfield and Nani said it was "not football."
"It is the second time he injured me. Before he put me out of
the game for two months. He always tackles like that," he said.
"I don't know what he was thinking but I know what he did was
not football."
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson called the tackle
"disgraceful" and estimated a three-week absence for the Portuguese
midfielder.
Nani, whose Old Trafford career has been blighted by a string of
injuries, reacted furiously to the incident, jumping off the ground
to complain to referee Phil Dowd despite having an open wound in
his leg.
The 24-year-old initially thought the challenge had ended his
season.
However, he recovered quickly enough to play for United in their
Champions League win over Marseille this week.
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"When I saw my leg for the first time, I thought my season was
finished, that is why I was crying," he said.
"Afterwards, the doctor saw my leg and said I had been lucky
because it just needed stitches and I would be out for two or three
weeks."
Carragher attempted to apologise to Nani after the incident, but
the Portuguese player was not interested.
He said he knew he was a player that opponents liked to target,
but insisted he was not pleading for special treatment from
officials.
"I don't want protection. I just want the referees to be fair,"
he said.
"If it is a red card, they have to give it. If they give the
card, the next time the player doesn't make the tackle."
He also said he thought it was wrong that officials could not
take retrospective action over incidents if they had seen them and
dealt with them during matches.
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