Mascherano deserved to go for that tyrade he unleashed on the ref. What he did can't be defended by anyone.
What are you kidding? what tirade, he ran over and talked no gestures or anything. This was because somehow Torres got booked for getting fouled.
This happens many times in a normal game (players asking what the card or foul was for), how can suddenly the rules be enforced so harshly with no rule change?