Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson says referees need to protect Wilfried Zaha.
Zaha has claimed only a broken leg would force officials to recognise his rough treatment at the hands of opponents.
"Like Pep Guardiola, I do think players who run with the ball, who are fast and direct, need to be protected," Hodgson said.
"They need to have the fouls that they earn given and they need to be given the protection so people don't get the opportunity to deliberately foul them early on in order to intimidate them.
"You watch the games and if you think that's happening it would be a much stronger message coming from a journalist rather than a coach whose message will be diluted because he's got one eye on his own team."