Source: Team_Talk
Laws upset by Olsson admission
urnley boss Brian Laws has admitted his disappointment at Martin Olsson's admission that he dived to win a penalty for Blackburn on Sunday.[LNB] Olsson publicly admitted he conned referee Mike Dean into giving Rovers a penalty in their 1-0 win at Turf Moor.[LNB]Laws was furious with Dean after the game and the Clarets chief has been further angered by Olsson's admission of cheating.[LNB]"I think there are two points here - one is the referee will be disappointed what managers and players think of him and secondly a player coming out and admitting the fact that he took a dive is another disappointing one," Laws told Sky Sports News.[LNB]"And it certainly doesn't help the situation and it certainly doesn't make it any easier to swallow the defeat either.[LNB]"That is two things to be disappointed with but that is somebody else's issue to deal with now."[LNB]Laws admits he would not be surprised if teams were targeting referees in a bid to get an advantage over their opponents. [LNB]"I am not surprised if [clubs target referees], they do enough due diligence on players so they will do it on referees and if they feel a referee gives more penalties than most then that's what maybe they will look at," added Laws.[LNB]"It is a sad state if that's the case. [LNB]"We certainly don't approach games like that and I am disappointed to actually hear it.[LNB]"I am sure the referee and the association is [disappointed] to hear things like that. [LNB]"Maybe they will have to look at it in a different light, but certainly from our point of view we are more disappointed we lost the game over it."
