Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer denies getting personal in his criticism of QPR captain Joey Barton.

Barton was unhappy at Shearer's claims that this was unlikely to be the last controversial incident in the player's career.

Shearer, who managed Barton while he was at Newcastle, defended his comments, saying: "I wasn't critical. All I said was that he has done it before and he will do it again. Does that surprise anyone?

"I don't want to talk about him to be honest. I made my analysis on Sunday night and I don't think it was unfair or unkind."