Source: SKY_Sports
Jones questions offside call
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Dave Jones was left disappointed with the match officials following Cardiff's 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa.[LNB] The Bluebirds thought they had snatched a late leveller in their Carling Cup third round contest at Villa Park.[LNB]Jay Bothroyd found the target with time running out, but saw his joy cut short by an assistant's flag.[LNB]Jones, having seen the incident again, feels the wrong call was made, but he was able to remain remarkably calm when confronting the linesman in question afterwards.[LNB]"It's the linesman (that gave the decision). But when you see it, it's not offside," he told Sky Sports.[LNB]"I haven't gone in and had a go at him, we are trying to help them, we are trying to make them better. [LNB]"He's seen something which isn't there and maybe I'm getting a little bit older and a little bit softer because I really want to go and rip his head off, but I can't."[LNB]RelievedVilla boss Martin O'Neill accepted that fortune favoured his side in the dying moments of the game, but felt the overall result of the contest was correct.[LNB]"I'm relieved that it got called against them but then again I didn't think, and I might by wrong on this, that it was a free-kick in the first place," he said.[LNB]"So I could turn round and say 'All's well that ends well for us'. [LNB]"It was tight, it was a close call, but I'm delighted that it went in our favour."[LNB]
