Referee infuriates Megson
25 Feb 2008 - 08:42:05
Bolton Wanderers boss Gary Megson was quick to chastise referee Mark Clattenburg in the wake of his side's 4-1 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.
The official handed Rovers two penalties, the first hotly disputed by Megson, before ruling out what the Bolton boss thought was a perfectly good goal for his side.
Megson was adamant that Gretar Steinsson did not touch David Dunn for the first penalty and believed Grzegorz Rasiak was not offside when he turned Kevin Davies' cross home.
"We didn't do much chasing in terms of the first half and we owed ourselves a performance in the second half because we never got going," the Bolton boss said after the defeat.
"If we approached the game the way we did the second half then it would have been different. We caused our own downfall because we were too easy to play against.
"The second penalty took the wind out of our sails and ultimately they scored their next two as we were pushing to try and get back in the game.
"A lot of our players were angered with the way it was officiated. One of the few free-kicks we were given was when Rasiak was clean through on goal and he brought back play 60 yards.
"Brad Friedel's had two shots that have been hit straight at him. No complaints about the second penalty but a lorry load of complaints from the first one."