Gallas escapes FA charge
- Thursday, January 21, 2010, 15:48
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Arsenal defender William Gallas will not face retrospective disciplinary action from the FA following his late tackle on Bolton’s Mark Davies in Wednesday night’s 4-2 Premier League win at Emirates Stadium.Trotters boss Owen Coyle labelled the challenge, which happened in the build-up to Arsenal’s crucial equaliser at the start of the second half, as “akin to assault”, leaving the midfielder with severe ligament damage, and perhaps even a break.
Coyle said: “Clearly it was a foul, and closer to a red card. It was akin to assault and it changed the game.
“However, the fact is the referee has not seen it, and the lad is prostrate on the ground, and Arsenal being full of fair play as we keep hearing, have carried on and scored an equaliser. That is hard to take.
“I don’t want to sit here and make excuses, but I have seen red cards for less.”
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was quick to issue an apology if the incident was, as television replays suggest, a foul.
He said: “I am sorry if the tackle was not good, and I apologise. However, to complain that we went on to play, I think that is unfair.
“The players did not even know what was happening behind them, whether the player has got up again or not. I don’t believe you can kick the ball out every time a player is down when you win the ball. That is why they changed the rules.”
It is understood referee Alan Wiley at the time viewed the challenge as two players coming together, and so allowed play to continue.
No separate disciplinary proceedings can be implemented as the FA do not re-official matches.
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