VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX GUARDIAN

‘The rules were properly and necessarily applied to Hyypia. There is now a fad for complaining of "double punishment" when a team loses a man and a goal from the spot but it was not so long ago that the football community campaigned for laws that put attackers at an advantage. If there are second thoughts, correspondence had better be addressed to Fifa not Mr Riley.

He probably made the right decision in the 65th minute as well when the substitute Igor Biscan took a swipe, missed the ball and kicked Scholes at the edge of the area. It was a careless piece of work by the Croatian that left Van Nistelrooy to be meticulous once again from 12 yards. An organised, proud Liverpool had held the score at 1-0 for an hour but the sole, unfulfilled hope was to lose narrowly.’

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