Very different challenges.
Xhaka lunged in, studs first at head height wheres Pires dived for that penalty to stop Portsmouth being the first team to land on Mars.
Printable View
I think Arseblog gave a good account of what the ref may have been thinking when he showed the red. Rather than punishing him for the just tripping with no chance of winning the ball, he probably thought he saw a more dangerous tackle given his distance and a Swans player in his eyeline. Doesn't excuse how shit the decision was but maybe offers a reason why he is the only that has been pulled up for it.
There's another theory going around about Moss being an incredibly incompetent and biased cunt.
Would have liked it if Pool and Utd played each other and knocked each other out. Oh well, hopefully West Ham knock the mugs from Manchester out. I can see Pool going all the way to the final.