Kratenberg talks about Manchester United 1-6 Manchester City: I thought about "have some fun" and gave me more time

 5:57pm, 10 June 2025

Former Premier League referee Kratenberg participated in the program and talked about the topic of law enforcement in the 2010-2011 Manchester City Derby. In that game, Manchester United lost 1-6 at home.

You enforced that 6-1 Manchester City derby, right?

Yes

I think Ferguson wants to "kill" you, I mean, he is often angry, but I think that was the most angry time he did

Yes, he was so angry that day.

Manchester United conceded 3 goals in stoppage time

, which might have lost 4, but the score was 1-3. Ferguson hoped that the game would end. Manchester United was unable to make it back. He only wanted 1 minute of stoppage time, and he shouted at us. But I thought--no, no, let's have some fun, I'll give them some Ferguson time. I remember Manchester City scored 6 goals. 4 to 1, 5 to 1, 6 to 1, which might have been 7 to 1. Dzeko should have scored that goal.

Ferguson was waiting for us in the player channel and said to me - if you do this, kid, your refereeship career is over. Then I didn't enforce the law at Manchester United for 8 months.

Wait a minute, are you telling me that you gave me longer time just to have some fun?

No, I increased the stoppage time because I knew the stadium was empty, which means I could leave the stadium faster.