Source: Daily_Mail
Stoke City 0 Aston Villa 0: Pulis plays down Tuncay's temper tantrum
The sight of Tuncay Sanli storming off for an early exit showed why the season cannot end soon enough for Tony Pulis. [LNB]Stoke look tired. [LNB]Their manager knows it and has talked of facing more problems in his second year in the Barclays Premier League than he did first time around. [LNB]Furious: Tuncay (right) was unhappy with boss Tony Pulis after being substituted[LNB]MATCH STATSSTOKE CITY (4-4-2): Sorensen 6; Huth 6, Higginbotham 6,Ab Faye 7, D Collins 6; Delap 7, Whelan 6, Whitehead 6, Etherington 6;Sidibe 5 (Kitson 54min, 5), Tuncay 5 (Fuller 53, 7). [LNB]ASTON VILLA (4-4-2): Friedel 7; Cuellar 6, Collins 8, Dunne 7,Warnock 6; Young 7, Milner 6, Petrov 7, Downing 5; Heskey 6, Carew 6(Agbonlahor 77, 6).Booked: Cuellar, Milner, Warnock, Dunne. [LNB]Man of the match: James Collins.Referee: Kevin Friend.[LNB]Although his team are just about safe, there are known to have been issues with several senior players and here was evidence of another fall-out as Turkey striker Tuncay responded to being replaced by offering team-mate Ricardo Fuller an exaggerated handshake, ignoring Pulis and heading for the dressing-room with a dismissive flick of the arm in his manager's direction. [LNB]Pulis said: 'I don't have to justify my substitutions to Tuncay, oranybody else. I do it because I feel it's right for the team. [LNB]'It's nothing personal. He doesn't like being brought off, which isfine. But I just thought he looked a bit flat, and reputations make nodifference to me.' [LNB]Aston Villa's season is still very much alive.With tomorrow's trip to Wigan followed by a home game against Wolves,there is every chance they will finish fourth if Martin O'Neill can putan end to his record of havingnever won a Premier League game with Villa in March. [LNB] Stoke City 0 Aston Villa 0: March madness goes on for O'Neill Patrick Collins: So football needs more English managers? Tell that to the WI Graham Poll: Eight horror tackles...but only one ref gave right punishment Stoke star Tuncay set to take ex-club Boro to court over unpaid fees [LNB]
