the end of the game:
"We have received the charges, now we are waiting for the
video, which is due to arrive early next week. Until we see
all the videos and see what substance there is to the
charges, there is nothing more to say."
Denis Irwin, speaking on MUTV, has looked at the fracas from
last weekend’s match:
"Manchester United and Arsenal are the two best teams in
England and the match was being played in front of a
worldwide audience. When something like that happens, the
Football Association has to be seen to be doing something.
"Arsenal overstepped the mark with the reaction to Ruud van
Nistelrooy's initial challenge on Patrick Vieira and while
you like to protect players, you can over-protect them.
"There should have been a statement from the Arsenal camp
admitting they had over-reacted. What Arsene said was an
insult to people's intelligence.
"Lauren, Keown and Parlour should be banned for three to
four matches each, the others will maybe get big fines,"
Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann:
"I really didn't see what happened after the game because I
went straight to the referee to shake his hand, then I left
the pitch. All I know is that before the penalty, I was
pushed down by Fortune when I had the ball, which I was
angry about.
"But I'm not thinking about last Sunday any more, I'm
already looking ahead to our next game."
Vieira in the official Arsenal programme:
"I would rather just talk about our performance at Old
Trafford because, at the moment, that is the most important
thing. Of course, I was disappointed to be sent off but I
don't really want to talk too much about the incident with
Ruud van Nistelrooy.
"Everybody has had the chance to see it on television and
everybody will make their own opinions about it. I've been
charged by the FA but I need to forget about that for the
time being and talk about it later."
Wenger:
"I think we've improved a lot in the past three years on our
discipline but history is always thrown back into our face.
When you talk about history though, you shouldn't forget
that we were given the UEFA fair play award a few years ago
- and that's the only European trophy we've won in recent
years!"
Fergie has also praised Keane for helping to keep Vieira out
of trouble:
"Roy was marvellous, tremendous. He saved Vieira from
further trouble. He was patient with Vieira because he was
pushing and shoving at Roy all the time. Who else on the
pitch could have influenced Vieira?