West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Scott Carson has spoken out about how he was axed by former club manager Roberto Di Matteo.
The Italian, who was given his marching orders in February, dropped Carson after he made a mistake against Fulham earlier that month and has admitted he was infuriated by the decision.
"I made a mistake against Fulham that was well highlighted with it being live on Sky," he told the Express and Star.
"I don't know if Robbie had been thinking of leaving me out before then or whether he just wanted to change things around to try to make something happen, but it was disappointing to be left out.
"It wasn't so much getting dropped that I was angry and upset about, because that's part of your life if you're a footballer. It happens now and again.
"If you make a mistake you know it can happen and that's fair enough. It was the manner in which it was done that I found hard to deal with, the way it was built into a big news story and announced early in the week ahead of the Blackpool game.
"Other lads have been left out of the side and the outside world only finds out when the team-sheet goes in. It's not made into a big deal, you get told in-house and that's the end of it.
"It made me feel twice as bad and that did annoy me a little bit, but once it was a bit less raw a few days later I got my head back together and just worked as hard as I could."
