This is the right answer, it probably would have got Shelvey a yellow earlier but this may have resulted in him not getting sent off. Once a player has been sent the ref is expecting pelters so is immune to it. You have to get at them before the controversy, not after, get in their head that you are not getting the rub of the green and he may hesitate at the crucial moment. United are masters at it. Ferguson does it pre game as well. His 25 years one pen speech pre game showed how worried he was about this one, he was right and it got him the outcome he was after. I really can't wait for him to f*** off as he is the biggest cheat in football. The day that a Arsenal victory over United costs us a league title will be a day of f***ing celebration for me as that seems as unlikely as lots of other unlikely thing at the moment. I default to a United loss, always.