Rio Ferdinand believes referees are reluctant of giving penalties to Manchester United. He told after referee Mike Riley refused to give penalty when Danny Welbeck went down under Phil Jagielka's challenge.
"I don't know how the referee didn't give the penalty but that is the way it goes," said Ferdinand. "We don't get many penalties these days. Referees are reluctant to give them to us. Maybe they are being put under pressure by people in the media but that is the way it goes.
"We are not going to harp on about it because, in the end, we were not good enough in the penalty shoot out. There was always going to come a day when you don't have a good time in that situation and this was it."
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes David Moyes' comments has an affect on this. "I think it might have been. I'm not saying that for certain. I've no idea if it affected the decision but you never know. It may have. It can prey on a referee's mind.
"I've seen the video and it looks a penalty kick but in the importance of the game the referee probably has to be dead sure. Why would he [Welbeck] go down when he had the goalkeeper stranded out of his goal? It was a major decision and unfortunately it has gone against us. Nothing you can do about it. We have to move on now.
"When he [Mike Riley] sees it he'll probably realise he's made a mistake but I can't say that's the reason for us losing."
But now United should go forward to win the quadruple after this big blow.
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