The 28-year-old winger went down easily under a challenge from Markel Bergara after having been introduced as a second-half substitute, with Robin van Persie smashing the resulting spot-kick against the post. <img alt="Ashley Young" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/nov/Ashley-Young.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 535px;" /> United&rsquo;s Ashley Young. Pic/Getty Images It is not the first time Young has been embroiled in a diving controversy, with the former Aston Villa star reprimanded by manager David Moyes after he earned a penalty in the 2-0 win over Crystal Palace back in September. And Wilkins and Keane were unimpressed with Young&rsquo;s latest decision to fall to the floor, insisting that the out-of-favour midfielder is damaging his reputation as a result. Wilkins told Sky Sports: &ldquo;This (dive) is pathetic. &ldquo;This is as bad for me as all these over-the-top tackles we&rsquo;re getting at the moment because that is a conning of the referee. I just wish Ashley would cut this out because he&rsquo;s a good player but he&rsquo;s getting a bad name.&rdquo; &lsquo;Conning the referee&rsquo; Keane added to ITV: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s obviously played for it. If you are a Man United player and you see a player getting tugged back, you want him to go down. Ashley Young&rsquo;s obviously gone down too much over the last few months. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s been heavily criticised in England but we are in a foreign country and it&#39;s more accepted. But he&rsquo;s almost conned the referee there. If he scores the penalty, as a United player you would be delighted, but he&rsquo;s conned the referee there.&rdquo; Moyes refused to single out his player for criticism but did concede that it was a &ldquo;strange&rdquo; decision by Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli to award a penalty. &lsquo;Strange decisions&rsquo; &ldquo;I thought there were some strange decisions all night and that was another one of them,&rdquo; the United boss said.u00a0&ldquo;I have seen it again. The boy tugs him in the box. The referee is two yards away from it and decides to give it. He&rsquo;s got a penalty kick for a decision tonight. I don&rsquo;t know about his reputation but the referee is there and he gave it. The referee made decisions all night. He&rsquo;s the one who saw fit to award a penalty and send a player off. I thought the referee made the decision and that was the referee&rsquo;s choice.&rdquo; Other results... &gt; Shakhtar Donetsk 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen &gt; FC Copenhagen 1-1 Galatasaray &gt; Olympiakos 1-0 Benficau00a0

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Former Manchester United players Ray Wilkins and Roy Keane have hit out at Ashley Young after the midfielder appeared to dive to win a penalty in his side's 0-0 draw with Real Sociedad.

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