the kind of petty idiot who gloats about a big team getting cheated out of a game is hardly worth considering a football fan.

you could count the number of dives ronaldo has done in his united career on one hand. in every game he plays, you would have to take your socks off to count the number of fouls against him.

apart from anything else, there is no "boy who cried wolf" rule. ronaldo was blatantly fouled three times in the first ten minutes with no attempt made to play the ball (once in the penalty area). there is no excuse for not giving him protection from that, but even then he did not start to dive. he got on with it, as usual.

that punishment week after week will probably send him to spain. the same gloaters will gloat again. they should be ashamed of their small minds, but that would be beyond them.

why would anybody want to watch the best players in the world playing, eh? let the thugs get on with it.

jem, london, uk

er, ken... hackett didn't give a penalty. you're as blind as mr atkinson.

baros dived and there were two men covering.

jem, london, uk

How come Hackett gave a penalty against Utd. at Old Trafford.
Had he forgotten the script?

Ken, Mold, Flintshire

A poor performance by the ref. But it what I have come to expect from those currently in control of our game. The standard really is very poor at the minute. I would like to see Atkinson explain why he didn't give a penalty for the tackle on Ronaldo (it was as blatent as you can get so I would like to see him explain why).
Also isn't it time the referees started to give some protection to the more skillful players. The persistent fouling of Ronaldo, with no attempt to win the ball, just seems to give the green light to poor quality players to kick those who are more skillful of the pitch.
Wenger really does have a point.

Barry, Newport Pagnell,

How good is the premier league!!!!

4 teams in the last 8 in europe and none of them are good enough to get into the semi's for the FA Cup

Chris, London,

I see that Fergie has accepted defeat with Grace Dont you believe it he is complaining about the Ref as he always does when things dont go his way.

What a Moaner he is

mick booth, Normanton West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Hahaha - like the boy who cried wolf so often that nobody believed him - so Ronaldo's diving caught him out this time!
C'mon Pompey!

Jerry Latham, Uttoxeter,

Ah, the romance of the Cup!

Didn't see any of the action, so am unqualified to comment, but looking at the results on paper, I'm delighted to see that none of the"big 4" are in still in the competition. I would much rather see them all in the Champions League semis anyway.

Come on, let's let the other children have a turn as well...

Brendan, Martin, Slovakia

Ferguson should have fielded a less stronger team thus allowing Portmouth enough room to attack instead of defending with ten men. United would have won comfortably with the likes of Park, Fletcher, OShea.

J.Charitar, Curepipe, Mauritius

Should've put Ronaldo in Goal. He's a much better diver than Rio!

Frank Perreira, Manchester, UK

Well, Lord Fergie can always look on the bright side. He wasn't happy about playing a semi-final at the New Wembley. Now 'Arry and Portsmouth have relieved him from that bother!!! Perhaps his Lordship should have worried about the game at hand instead of assuming he would be at the New Wembley! A simple case, your Grouchiness, of the old saying - "Don't count your Chickens......" I'll let His Grumpiness finish it!

Robert Snowden, Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA

The red card was harsh, but Kuszczak wouldn't have made the save anyway.

After that, Ferdinand was not tested ,but playing with 10 men didn't help Man U's chances.

John Latimer, Lebanon, U.S./ PA

Fantastic!

dominic, Teddington, UK,

The luck of champions!! If Pompey get to the Cup Final I'll swim the across the Atlantic to support them at Wembley.

Michael Hudson, Costa Rica

Micharl Hudson, San Jose, Costa Rica

What a ridiculous decision! Classic English attitude, Rooney with a delightful piece of vision and technique to pick out Ronaldo who,despite the quality of the pass, with a superb first touch turned it from an attacking opportunity outside the box to a scoring opportunity within the box is then taken out in a way akin to the American style of football and whats the result:play-on! What could have been a fantastic goal was instead an embarrasing example of inept referring undoubtly a result of the Enlglish tendency to glorify physicality over skill. Sometimes referees get it wrong but that was unbelievable! Such ineptness compared to such readiness to show Kuszcak the red card with minimal contact Rooney and Anderson covering even suggests impartialty. If I were Ronaldo I would find Real Madrid or Barca even more tempting now. At least we'll be better prepared for the next World Cup.

ROb, St.Helens, Merseyside

stop moaning united fans, blame your own players shooting inefficiencies rather than the ref.
ronaldo brings it on himself, if he stops diving at every other occasion (altho i admit it was a pen 2day) maybe refs will give him the benefit of the doubt in the future
thank you harry, youve formed the greatest team in my lifetime, we can do this,
wembley, wembley..............

Harry Muntari, Portsmouth,

A good result - a bit of their own back - remember the world cup and Ronaldo?

Marty, London, England

Classic pressure undone by a moment of theatre. Cup competition seems to trip up the most consistent sides every time. Like a gullible street punter duped by the shell game.That's why we love it. RIP Manchester United. There's only one United and it isn't Manchester. It's everybody else who loves to watch the bombastic, dour Scotsman, and his over hyped, pumped up braggadocios confounded by their own hubris.

Chris Morgan, Hong Kong,

If you get the luck of the ball, a one-eyed ref., and a penalty as bonus, you can win against anyone. I'm sorry, but Redknapp is no genius.

Ken Leyland, Liverpool, U.K.

This is a travesty of a result, created by an incompetent referee - not to use a stronger word. Kuszczak didn't bring down Muntari, and in any case there were other players on the line covering so the red card shouldn't have been shown anyway. Unfortunately, none of this changes the result..

Philippos, Limassol, Cyprus

Well thats one of Ferguson's moans solved he wont have to travel to Wembley for the semi final I,am sure Pompy will be delighted to go there, well done.

PS. If we can get rid of Chelsea also it will be a good year for football as most supporters would love to see teams from lower down the Premiership or Champioship league at the final.

Dave, Mold, Flintshire