MANCHESTER CITY will complain to the FA over the behaviour of fourth official Alan Wiley in Sunday's heated derby.
City are furious with Wiley for shooing away boss Mark Hughes when he questioned where all the added time had come from. Then Wiley stood laughing with United boss Alex Ferguson after Michael Owen's 96th-minute winner.
Hughes said: "The board had gone up for four minutes of additional time at the same time as Craig Bellamy made it 3-3.
"The additional time after the four minutes didn't sit comfortably with me. We feel aggrieved.
"Everyone in the stadium knew the time allotted. I would like an explanation why more was added on but I rather doubt I will get it.
"The fourth official said time was added because of our goal celebration but that lasted only 45 seconds."
City are just as angry over Wiley's rude treatment of Hughes only to cosy up and share a joke with Ferguson.
That just added to the hurt and sense of injustice for City who equalised three times before eventually going down 4-3.
Hughes now has to lift his players for tomorrow's Carling Cup tie with Fulham at Eastlands.
He said: "It is a bit raw at the moment to see any positives but we will pick the bones out of the match and be ready to go again on Wednesday in a competition that is important to us."
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