The English FA have announced they will not be taking any action against Alex Ferguson after Reading fans complained he had made offensive gestures during Saturday's Premier League game at the Madejski Stadium.
It was claimed the Manchester United manager was responding to taunts by the home fans - but he insisted he was celebrating his side's 2-0 win.
Yesterday the FA said they would not be taking any action after studying video evidence and consulting the fourth official at the game. The victory over Reading kept United at the top of the Premier League, still edging out Arsenal on goal difference.
Television pictures showed Ferguson pumping his fists and putting his left hand on to his right arm after Cristiano Ronaldo's late goal secured all three points to keep the champions at the top.
"All I was doing was expressing my relief at winning what was one of our hardest games of the season," the United boss said in Riyadh on Monday, where United played a testimonial match for former Saudi Arabia captain Sami Al-Jaber.
Midfielder Owen Hargreaves believes it is now a "three-horse race" for the title now that Liverpool trail the laeaders by 14 points. He said: "That is a massive gap for them to close. So it looks to me as though it's going to be a three-horse race between United, Arsenal and Chelsea. I can't see beyond the current top three as title winners and hopefully in May we'll still be on top and looking down on everyone else."
The club said yesterday they will press ahead with a minute's silence to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster at next month's derby against Manchester City, despite fears that some rival fans may try to disrupt it.
City's official supporters club had written to United and the Premier League to request that a minute's applause be held instead prior to the match at Old Trafford on February 10th.
However, United's communications director Phil Townsend told the club's official website, www.manutd.com: "Manchester United have given great thought to the best way of remembering those who died at Munich. We feel a minute's silence is the most appropriate way of paying tribute.
"We do not feel that applause is appropriate given that 23 people died."
The game takes place four days after the 50th anniversary of the disaster, in which seven United players were killed.
Ronaldo's mother, Dolores Aveiro, wants her to son to play for Real Madrid rather than any English team. She told Spanish TV channel Canal Plus: "I don't like English teams but I know I have to like them because he (Ronaldo) is at Manchester. But for me . . . Real Madrid.
"Of all the foreign clubs, Real Madrid is the best. Before I die I would like him (Ronaldo) to play for Real Madrid. I would really like that and then I could die, it wouldn't matter."
