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Ex-Chelsea defender Minto: Never a foul by Man Utd's Fletcher

Former Chelsea defender Scott Minto says Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher was unlucky to concede the free-kick that led to John Terry's winner on Sunday.

United players left Stamford Bridge furious with some of the decisions made by ref Martin Atkinson.

Minto told TalkSport: "First of all, Darren Fletcher is one of those annoying players where if you are playing against him, you'd hate playing against him, but you'd love him to be on your side and I actually felt it wasn't a free-kick.

"I thought he got the ball first but Ashley Cole, because of the way he was running towards Darren Fletcher, he was quite clever in the sense that he got there first, Ashley Cole, but Darren Fletcher also got the ball but because he sort of ran into him he made it look as if it was a foul and I think the referee kind of went for that. I thought it was clever and I didn't think it was a foul."

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