Search results

I know, but that backs up my point. He was asked in the tunnel about the incident. Until that question he hadn't apologised, then, when a member of the media asked he professed his innocence and apologised. Be honest, if you accidentally cause someone pain, you apologise immediately, right? It...

Not at the time of the stamp though. He only apologised when it became apparent that it was going to be a story, and thus followed up on by the FA. Trial by TV pundits and newspaper journalists. If he had honestly accidentally stood on Yedlin's leg then surely he would have immediately...

Yedlin was already on the ground, Hemed stepped forward onto Yedlin's leg when he could have avoided him. Hemed had been squaring off with Yedlin 5-10 minutes earlier. Hemed didn't immediately apologise, which is what I would have done if I'd accidentally stumbled onto an opposition player's...

Shelvey wasn't looking at Alli when he trod on his foot.

I think the trouble is reputation. Shelvey has a reputation for being a nasty player (and rightly so), Hemed doesn't. However, objectively, both players were involved with their counterpart during the game leading up to the incident, both players were pointedly looking away from the counterpart...

Yedlin and Hemed had been simmering for most of the game. It's a deliberate, petulant stamp. That said, "stamp" suggests a much more forceful motion, both Shelvey and Hemed's were more like standing, or treading. Not violent or particularly dangerous, but sly and petty. If Shelvey's deserved a 3...