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Manchester United's Portugese midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo (right) is tackled by Bolton Wanderers' Jlloyd Samuel during their English Premier League match at Old Trafford on September 27. Bolton captain Kevin Nolan has revealed that even Manchester United's players couldn't believe Rob Styles gave them a penalty for the tackle.

Bolton captain Kevin Nolan has revealed that even Manchester United's players couldn't believe Rob Styles gave them a penalty on Saturday.

Styles awarded a spot-kick at Old Trafford following Jlloyd Samuel's tackle on Cristiano Ronaldo, even though the Bolton defender clearly won the ball.

Nolan claims that Ronaldo, who drove home the spot-kick to put United on course for a 2-0 win, and several of his team-mates said they didn't think it was a penalty, while Styles will reportedly apologise to Bolton for the mistake.

"Ronaldo was on the floor saying, 'I didn't want a penalty!'," Nolan told the Daily Mail.

"I don't think one of them put their hands up asking for a penalty. Fletcher's going, 'It's not a penalty', Tevez is going, 'It's not a penalty'. Twenty players who were in the box at the time knew it wasn't a penalty.

"But the man who was in black had the final say. They couldn't believe their luck. But you're at United and unfortunately that happens.

"It does strike fear into you when you look at this magnificent stadium. Maybe that's what's happened to the referee. He said he thought Jlloyd took Ronaldo before the ball.

"It didn't make sense to me at all. But I can't say too much or I'm going to get done by the FA."

Styles, who was demoted twice last season after awarding two erroneous penalties, apparently wanted to apologise immediately after the game but was restricted by the guidelines of his superiors at the referees' governing body.

Instead, he e-mailed his manager at the professional referees' association and asked for an apology to be passed on to Bolton, the Daily Mail reported on Monday.

AC Milan's Ronaldinho celebrates after scoring against Inter Milan during their Serie A match at the San Siro Stadium. AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has called for calm following his team's 1-0 victory over Inter.

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has called for calm following his team's 1-0 victory over cross-city rivals Inter in Serie A action on the weekend.

Ronaldinho's first-half header made the difference in Sunday's match and means Milan have now gone on a run of four successive wins in the league and UEFA Cup, easing the pressure on Ancelotti after the club lost their two opening matches.

"Milan did exactly what I wanted," Ancelotti told the club website acmilan.com.

"We defended in numbers and hit on the counter attack, whilst always looking to play with balance and speed.

"The whole team played with great humility, every player helped one another. Compared to the first two games our approach to the matches and our mentality has changed.

"After this victory we must not lose sight of certain details. The losses against Genoa and Bologna are still fresh in the memory and I think it's still early to say that Milan is healed.

"Certainly the whole group learned from their errors and this helped us do better."

Inter's loss to AC Milan was the first time that they have lost since Jose Mourinho took charge, their first since being crowned champions for the third season in a row and their ex-Chelsea coach Mourinho was in his usual abrasive mood following the defeat.

"They played with all their players in midfield," the Portuguese told the club website inter.it.

"Whereas we played with only two in central midfield. (Julio) Cruz had to come on to help our two midfielders with their marking, because (Clarence) Seedorf had far too much freedom.

"It was a great derby and should have finished 1-1. That would have been a fair result, but it finished 1-0 to them and now we have to look ahead. We've lost a match, but we're ahead of them (in the table) and I'm pleased with that."

Mourinho will certainly not be pleased that the winning goal came from an unlikely source - a Ronaldinho header, his first goal in Italy - and was further angered by first the red card shown to the already substituted Marco Materazzi for abusive language and then the second yellow card to his other central defender Nicolas Burdisso.

However, captain Javier Zanetti urged the side to stay focused and not get sidetracked by the derby loss, with a Champions League fixture at home to Werder Bremen on Wednesday.

"We have to stay calm and think about Wednesday's Champions League match because there is still a long way to go in the championship," the Argentinian said.

"Milan had one chance and scored. The referee got everything wrong when he sent off Materazzi. As captain I felt I couldn't protest it in case I made things worse. The referee booked me and I hadn't even said a thing."

AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini added: "For us, winning the derby was important. I think we looked for the victory more than them and we got it. We deserved the victory.

"Now we are also in a good position in the standings."

Probably the happiest man in San Siro on Sunday was Italy Prime Minister and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, for whom the result began his 72nd birthday celebrations on Monday.

However, despite his joy at the win, he still underlined that it was part of the team's progress and that is musn't become the season hightlight.

"I saw a great Milan tonight, who played with great technique and heart. I did not see a single player not give his best.

"Milan did what they had to do. They came on the pitch to win and control the play. But four victories aren't that many, we have to continue like this."