Hull upset as Arsenal veteran Campbell escapes red card
Hull City boss Phil Brown says Sol Campbell should have been sent off for Arsenal in their 2-1 defeat.
Campbell's clumsy challenge on Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink won Hull a penalty, duly converted by Jimmy Bullard, but the veteran escaped a red card.
Brown felt Campbell - a player he spoke to over a move to the KC Stadium last summer - should have been sent off.
"The pivotal moment was undoubtedly in favour of Arsenal," Brown said. "He should have been red carded, it's as simple as that.
"It was offside, but it wasn't offside because the flag didn't go up.
"He's denied a goalscoring opportunity and under the letter of the law, he should have been red carded."
After a difficult week in which Bullard and Nick Barmby were involved in an altercation in front of members of the Women's Institute near the Humber Bridge, Brown was delighted with the attitude of his side.
He added: "I apologised to the Women's Institute during the week for the fighting spirit we showed unfortunately in public, I won't apologise for the fighting spirit shown today."
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Comments (6)
loverboy just don't say that both challenges are same....... u can't complain from the power of tackle but from the height of ones leg during tacke becoz the main reason for breaking leg is the height........ so dont just talk...
Hey Anony 12:28
If you claim you are a united fan, then why remain anonymous? Is it because it's normal for a typical glory-hunter scummie united fan to remain low profile till you bunch of glory-hunters can overcome the pain from last season's 4-1 mauling by Liverpool at Old Toilet?
If you are true united fan, stand up and be counted. It doesn't matter if your team win or lose. I can still recall when the scoreline read 4-1, the almost 80K capacity at OT suddenly reduced into fraction, and that really differentiate the true united fan who stayed back till the end of the game and the scumbag glory-hunters who vanished just like fart in the wind. And I have every reason to believe that you are in the latter category
omg... shut the ***** up Brown...
i wonder he didn't see the push against bendtner in the penalty area in the first half. could have been a penalty (must be a penalty if you are Phil Brown and if you refer to the rulebook strongly). strange he did not have a single word on that. but why?
i think i know. it's because he is just a hull city clown.
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