Sir Alex Ferguson said referees should not be responsible for calculating the amount of time to add on after watching Aston Villa beat Manchester United.

Ferguson argued his case vociferously with fourth official Michael Jones at Old Trafford after three minutes of extra time had been signalled.

The United boss said: "It has to be taken out of the referee's hands.

"There were two stoppages of two minutes three seconds, but we only played three minutes added time."

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The Old Soak's excuses get even more farcical - Villa's win was all down to 1 minute 6 seconds of non added Fergie Time

It did surprise me with the score at Manure 0 Villa 1 I'd have expected at least 6 minutes of time added on.