Source: PA
Coyle blames Attwell
Bolton manager Owen Coyle was critical of referee Stuart Attwell after his side slipped to a 4-1 defeat at Arsenal.
Attwell decided not to punish what looked like a trip by Kieran Gibbs on Lee Chung-yong in the build-up to the Arsenal breakaway which resulted in Gary Cahill's dismissal.
"Lee was very close to the penalty box. It should have been a free-kick, and it is not given," said Coyle.
"From the resulting pass Gary Cahill went into the back of the lad and fouled him. I don't think it merited a red. All of a sudden we were playing Arsenal with 10 men, and it is difficult at the best of times with 11. We had put so much into the game that at that time we looked like the team who would get the equaliser."
"As managers we have to watch what we say for fear of getting into trouble and if I was to elaborate on it I would be in trouble because it was a huge turning point in the game.
"I don't want people booked, all I ask is that when my team plays we are treated in the same way as the opposition and I don't feel we were today. The little bitty fouls can go either way and we accept that, but this was a clear free-kick."
