McLeish backs call for yellow card appeals

BIRMINGHAM manager Alex McLeish has backed Sir Alex Ferguson's demand for appeals to be allowed against yellow cards.

Ferguson was livid when Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher was booked for diving in Tuesday's Champions League clash with CSKA Moscow. Replays showed the Scotland international had been brought down in the CSKA penalty area.

The United manager called it "the worst decision I have seen in my life", mindful that Fletcher missed last season's Champions League final after what appeared to be a similar mistake.

McLeish said: "This (yellow card appeals] is something that was brought up at a Uefa meeting a couple of years ago I was at with a lot of the top coaches.

"The Darren Fletcher situation was ridiculous. There are so many things that referees miss. I know we can't re-referee games, but there are real miscarriages of justice."