Rooney escapes FA punishment

Manchester - Good news for Wayne Rooney and Manchester United. Action elbow Rooney to face Wigan Athletic players, James McCarthy, not long tails because the FA will not punish the England national team striker.

Previously, Rooney was caught on camera elbowing McCarthy's face when Manchester United beat Wigan on Saturday (26/02/2011). Rooney's actions make the Wigan manager, Roberto Martinez, enraged and assess Rooney should dikartumerah.

Although escape from punishment referee Mark Clattenburg, Rooney had threatened up to four game suspension imposed on these actions. Because the FA to investigate by calling Clattenburg and studying reruns of television-related cases this dig.

In the end, after hearing testimony from Clattenburg, the FA decided not to punish Rooney. The reason, Clattenburg said she saw the incident in question and she was satisfied with the decision he has taken in the field, which only gave a free-kick to Wigan.

With this recognition, discipline commission could take action against Rooney's action by making use of television footage. Punishment based on television footage can only be made for incidents that the referee missed from observations.

FA decision is certainly a relief camp 'Red Devils'. They were still able to play Rooney in two crucial matches against Chelsea and Liverpool.

source : detiksport.com