MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER David Moyes has called for video evidence to stamp out diving after revealing he has told Ashley Young to cut out the theatrics.
Young was booked for deliberately initiating contact with Crystal Palace midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi in a failed bid to win a penalty in Saturday’s 2-0 victory at Old Trafford.
The United winger was then bundled over by Dikgacoi in a separate incident later in the half which brought Moyes’s team their first goal of the day via a penalty and led to the Palace player’s dismissal.
Moyes felt referee Jon Moss handled the situation perfectly, but he was quick to condemn England international Young for his dive and made it clear the use of post-match video to prove players guilty of diving is the best way to sort out the issue.
“I have had a word with him (Young) privately. I can never be sure it won’t happen again,” Moyes said.
“I’ve said for many years we should have retrospective video for diving. That would help referees no end. Moving from Everton to Manchester United doesn’t change my views on that because it is really difficult at times.”
Palace chairman Steve Parish has gone even further, claiming diving should be treated in the same harsh manner as preventing goalscoring opportunities.
“If preventing a goalscoring opportunity is a straight red then trying to create one by cheating should be a straight red also,” Parish told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“The only player in the incidents that was honest was Kagisho Dikgacoi and he’s sent off and banned for the next match.
“Ashley Young’s dive and the appeal before put pressure on the referee to give a subsequent penalty that was certainly outside the area and probably wasn’t even a foul.
“Ashley Young has a yellow card and three points and we have no points and one less player to pick from for the next game.
“It might have cost us a point that might keep us up. We need to get some momentum behind a straight red for a dive.”
A big advantage leinster have is that they have had competive games against very good opposition and still come into the game fresh.
Hopefully will conners chop tackles their ball carriers out of the game and the ref keeps their defencive line on side. Presure is firmly on the English too. Lose this and their year is over as a club where as leinster have the league title in the cabinet. So the season won’t end up a zero even if they are beat.
@Chris Mc: ah come on, having the pro 14 in the bag means zero to Leinster it’s a rubbish competition consisting of second and third string teams. It’s win or nothing for Leinster today !
@Darren Mullins: a 5 nation tournament means zero? Winning a single interpro match is a massive win. I’m sorry you have been spoilt but if you think the league is nothing ask any fan of the western province was winning the league meaningless.
@Darren Mullins: if it was meaningless why did they try so hard to win it?
@Rudiger McMonihan: Well Leinster’s best player and captain was on the bench rested for the final. So that tells a lot about how the competition is viewed.
@Gareth Ward: exactly it’s a joke of a competition!
@Chris Mc: if they could get the south African franchises to sign, then it would be a credible competition!!
Sarries by 3
@Cortiss: …thats an early morning ball hop anyway!! Match on now, Canterbury vs Taranaki and it is as good a rugby contest as I’ve seen in near 60 yrs. Try to catch a re-run if you want to be entertained. Its genuinely a classic.
Leinster by 12, they are just unstoppable
@Patrick O Connell: haha