Manchester United have asked Uefa to overturn Darren Fletcher's red card from Tuesday's Champions League semi-final second leg on compassionate grounds. Fletcher was sent off by referee Roberto Rosetti for an alleged professional foul on Arsenal's Cesc Fábregas, but television replays have shown him making a clean touch of the ball. The sending-off means Fletcher would be suspended for the final against Barcelona

Although Uefa procedures state that these decisions are normally only ever overturned in cases of mistaken identity, the association's general secretary David Taylor has said that a special disciplinary case could be heard.

"I've spoken with Alex Ferguson personally on this – as fate would have it we shared a car after the match," Taylor said. "We had an interesting discussion. He was very fair about the referee but equally was very disappointed for Darren, as are we all.

"Strictly speaking there is no appeal process but representation can be made. If the club want to write to us with information – such as video evidence – explaining why they think this is a harsh punishment, then they can do that.

"The likelihood is we'd refer it to our disciplinary body. They would then look to see if there were any special circumstances to justify any departure from established procedures."

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