No Keepers For Derby - Is This A Problem?

Horror could be seen on the fans’ faces at Old Trafford yesterday when the referee wrongly showed Tomasz Kuszczak a red card. Our team had battered Portsmouth all game and in attempt to get the winning goal, threw all our players forward on the attack. Portsmouth were given the opportunity to break, initially with 2 versus 1 before Wayne Rooney sprinted back, and as Milan YSB Baros burst in the box, Kuszczak brought him down, Baros’ knee smacking straight in to the keepers face. Despite United having two players behind the ball, the referee sent our keeper off. The problem, bigger than the fact we’d conceded a penalty with ten minutes to go and were down to ten men, was that Kuszczak was our substitute keeper, meaning an outfield player was to go in goal for the penalty. Rio Ferdinand pulled on the keeper’s jersey, and despite going the right way, no keeper would have been able to get to Muntari’s accurately placed penalty kick. Ferdinand had nothing to do for the remaining time in goal, ... [link]