Fergie refuses to blame Ed for howler

(17-10-2010) Sir Alex Ferguson refused to blame Edwin van der Sar after Manchester United again dropped crucial points on Saturday. The Dutch ‘keeper spilled a cross to allow Somen Tchoyi to grab West Brom’s equaliser after they had been 2-0 down. "Edwin van der Sar has probably been playing for 25 years and was probably in primary school the last time he made a mistake like that," said Ferguson afterwards. "You have to just wipe it off the slate." Earlier, Javier Hernandez and Nani had put United ahead. In the second half Patrice Evra deflected in a low driven free-kick from Chris Brunt before Tchoyi made the most of Van der Sar's error to equalise. "It is an inexplicable result and obviously frustrating," added Ferguson. United trail EPL leaders Chelsea by five points.