Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson feels referee Mike Riley was 'rash' to send a Southampton player off.

On the sending off, Ferguson told ITV: "It's certainly rash and maybe it's easy for the referee to send him off.

"I think maybe if the referee had booked in the first minutes then maybe it would have calmed him down a bit, because it was exuberance more than anything.

"He was charging about, and it happens sometimes, he was over-enthusiastic really.

"Maybe we could have done better but 3-0 is a good result against a good side."

Meanwhile United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is hoping this is the year he lands an FA Cup winner's medal.

The Dutchman told MUTV: "I haven't won it yet so hopefully it will be this year because my years are running out."

On the game he said: "We had a bit of luck with the first goal - but it should have been four or five I think.

"We have an interesting tie against Tottenham now, we are looking forward to that at the end of the month."