scholes has been criticised for his disciplinary record, amassing the fifth-most yellow cards in premier league history with 97, and also receiving four red cards. he has also been booked 32 times in the champions league, surpassed only by sergio ramos. arsenal manager arsène wenger criticised scholes' tackling, stating, "for me he was not a fair player. there's a little bit of a darker side in him, sometimes, that i did not like. i respect him highly as a quality player but i did not like some things he did on the football pitch." scholes said in a bbc radio 5 live interview that he was not a bad tackler, but that, "if someone got me early in the game, it was always in the back of my mind that i needed to get them back", and suggested that the bookings he received towards the end of his career were influenced by his reputation.