Hart slams `cruel' decision

23 August 2009 10:17
Portsmouth manager Paul Hart insisted that Arsenal defender William Gallas should have been sent off in the 4-1 defeat at the Emirates. Hart was left to reflect on a "cruel" turn of events which cost his side a chance to get back into the match when, with the score at 2-1, last-man Gallas was adjudged not to have fouled John Utaka as the pair clashed on the edge of the penalty area. Pompey eventually lost 4-1 with Gallas scoring the third goal. Hart said: "We got a foothold back in the game, and then there was an amazing decision when we are clean through to pop in an equaliser. "I don`t like to see people sent off, but that was a sending off offence. Gallas was the last man and should have gone. They are the rules. "Then, Gallas scored the third goal, and that was very cruel."

Source: Eurosport