Source: SKY_Sports
Pedersen - I'm no cheat
Blackburn midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen has hit back after his penalty box fall in the 4-0 defeat by Arsenal on Saturday.
Pedersen was roundly criticised for going to ground with no other player in the vicinity during Rovers' heavy Premier League defeat at the weekend.
The Norway international was clear of Gunners defender Bacary Sagna when he tripped himself up and went sprawling in the box, but referee Phi Dowd was unimpressed, although he did not issue a caution for diving.
Pedersen insists he was not trying to con the officials and spoke to Sagna during the match to clarify the situation.
"It wasn't a penalty and that's not what I was after," he told Norway's Nettavisen.
"If you see the pictures, you can see that my legs hit each other and I fall. The heel hits the leg, and I fall face down.
"There were many thoughts that went through my head, then and there. I was frustrated and maybe waved a bit with my arms.
"But it was definitely not a penalty, and I told that to Sagna later as well.
"The referee came up to me straight afterwards, and I am counting on that he would have given me a card if he had thought that I was trying to dive.
"As I said, I wasn't trying to cheat (to win) a penalty. And it was correct that I didn't get one."
