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West Brom defender Olsson: We are not a dirty team

West Bromwich Albion's Jonas Olsson has defended his side's disciplinary record after Paul Scharner's sending off on the weekend put them at the top of the red card list.

The Austrian's dismissal was the seventh red of the Baggies' season, moving them one clear of Arsenal, but Olsson says the club is more unlucky than dirty.

"We're not a dirty team so it's difficult to analyse that," he said.

"I had an unfortunate red card, Youssouf had one or two and Mozza (James Morrison ) had one at Liverpool but I don't think you can see a pattern.

"In one season, we might get six or seven and the next season we might get one or two.

"We don't play dirty football but this season we have been coping with the physical side better than we did in the past seasons.

"That's one of the factors to putting us in the position we're in."

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