Manchester United registered a thrilling win over neighbors Manchester City. United got off to a great start with 2 cheeky goals from Wayne Rooney, but goals from Yaya Toure and Pablo Zabaleta pulled City level. But a last-minute deflected free-kick from Robin van Persie curled its way in to win the game for Sir Alex Ferguson's men.
With City playing at home, where it had not lost in the Premier League in two years, holding the edge early, United tossed the game. Van Persie's injury time winner provoked an angry response from the City fans that resulted in a coin hitting Ferdinand above the eye and drawing blood.
The game got worse when a fan managed to force his way to the ground and remonstrate with referee Martin Atkinson before being restrained by City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Ferguson told the media "It is just unfortunate at the end that a City fan ran on the pitch and that they threw coins at our players. You really don't need things like that."
"The same thing happened at Chelsea, which was a bit masked by everything else that happened that day. It was a fantastic game of football between two fantastic teams and we could have done without that."
A Manchester City spokesperson apologized to Ferdinand for the incidence stating "We apologize to Rio. We condemn the actions of the individual concerned. We are reviewing the CCTV with the police and our normal security. We will support the police with any investigation and hopefully identify the person as soon as possible."
Manchester United are now six points clear at the top of the Premier League. It raised few questions on Mancini's team selection and strategies like Should Tevez have started for City instead of Balotelli?
With City playing at home, where it had not lost in the Premier League in two years, holding the edge early, United tossed the game. Van Persie's injury time winner provoked an angry response from the City fans that resulted in a coin hitting Ferdinand above the eye and drawing blood.
The game got worse when a fan managed to force his way to the ground and remonstrate with referee Martin Atkinson before being restrained by City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
Ferguson told the media "It is just unfortunate at the end that a City fan ran on the pitch and that they threw coins at our players. You really don't need things like that."
"The same thing happened at Chelsea, which was a bit masked by everything else that happened that day. It was a fantastic game of football between two fantastic teams and we could have done without that."
A Manchester City spokesperson apologized to Ferdinand for the incidence stating "We apologize to Rio. We condemn the actions of the individual concerned. We are reviewing the CCTV with the police and our normal security. We will support the police with any investigation and hopefully identify the person as soon as possible."
Manchester United are now six points clear at the top of the Premier League. It raised few questions on Mancini's team selection and strategies like Should Tevez have started for City instead of Balotelli?
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