My comments are restricted to your statement that Atkinson has "helped" us in the past. He has never helped anyone except Utd in his whole career, except by making blunders. My complaint about Atkinson covers a series of blunders in this game, not one tackle. At least we can agree he totally bottled / stuffed up the Matic incident, and the punishment for our team is way OTT for the crime.
Sounding a bit crazy there CP.
The punishment was not for "your team", it was for the player and his violent reaction. Reactions like this will always be a red card regardless of team or player (and yes, Jose was right Barnes should have gone for the studs on Ivan).