Spot of woe for Allardyce
05 Mar 2007 - 07:48:42
Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce hit out at his side's defending after they were beaten 2-1 at home by Lancashire rivals Blackburn Rovers.
Gary Speed and Abdoulaye Faye conceded penalties, with Benni McCarthy netting both spot-kicks before Nicolas Anelka pulled a goal back for the Trotters late on.
Allardyce fumed: "It is our own fault for giving two ridiculous penalties away.
"If you are going to make a tackle because you think they are going to score a goal then yes, you should make it.
"But both players were going nowhere and probably would have ended up running the ball out of play. It happened twice and that was the difference.
"It was a tale of two penalties we didn't need to give away. The game didn't have much going for it until those two incidents and we tried to get back into it, but you can't give yourselves that much to do."