game from Bobby Robson’s office. After the match Sir Bobby
joked:
"I believe he watched the game from my office, which has
just been re-painted, just for him. He had coffee and
biscuits and bacon and egg sandwiches, I believe, and saw
his team win. He's had a good afternoon, Alex."
Ferguson confirmed this but didn’t indicate whether or not
he liked the new decorations:
"I watched the game from Sir Bobby Robson's office and it
was a good vantage point. I gave my orders to Tony Coton and
he was running up and down the tunnel delivering them to the
bench."
He also told the News of the World that he accepts that
he’ll have to be a little calmer in the future when things
don’t go our way:
"I am aware that the fourth official has been given stricter
guidelines this season. I suppose I will have to curb my
behaviour in the future. I was really angry about the
failure to penalise or red-card Andy O'Brien for the foul on
Ryan Giggs and made my feelings known from the bench in a
way that I have done many times in the past.
"It was a blatant decision and you expect those sort of
decisions to be given. I showed my anger to the fourth
official. That was why I was sent off."