Source: Team_Talk
Jones anger at strong-arm tactics
Jones and Palace counterpart Neil Warnock were both sent to the stands by referee Russell Booth in an explosive Championship match.[LNB]The flashpoint happened towards the end of the first half when Davis caught Cardiff defender Roger Johnson in the throat with a flying arm.[LNB]A shaken Johnson needed medical attention but clearly felt he could continue and remonstrated with Jones on the sidelines, but his manager decided otherwise.[LNB]Jones, who had already seen Michael Chopra hobble off, was clearly seething at seeing Davis go unpunished and had an angry exchange with the on-loan Derby player at half-time on the way to the tunnel.[LNB]Jones was held back by security guards as tempers boiled over, with players and coaching staff from both sides getting involved in the fracas.[LNB]"I was not happy with what happened to one of my players," admitted Jones after the game.[LNB]"Go and get the video and see it for yourself.[LNB]"I didn't need the video to see what happened. Roger was left spitting blood and he's been sent to hospital.[LNB]"It would take a lot to force Roger off. He tried to go back on but he did not know what was happening.[LNB]"We have to go and see him in hospital. Roger was distressed at half-time and for him to go off, there must have been something wrong.[LNB]"If he went back onto the pitch, he would have looked around and got hold of the person who did it and throttled them."[LNB]The incident brought an end to entertaining opening half in which Cardiff took the lead through Scotland international Ross McCormack.[LNB]McCormack converted a 20th-minute penalty after Nathanial Clyne tripped Joe Ledley in the area.[LNB]It was no less that Cardiff deserved as Chopra had put the ball in the net in only the third minutes only to see his effort chalked off for offside.[LNB]Jay Bothroyd also went close on a couple of occasions while Palace's best chances of the half fell to Shefki Kuqi and Victor Moses who were both denied by full-stretch saves from Stuart Taylor.[LNB]Neither manager emerged for the second half, during which Palace were denied two penalty appeals.[LNB]First Rui Fonte went down in the area under a challenge from Gabor Gyepes.[LNB]Referee Booth then turned down appeals for what looked a clear handball by Mark Kennedy in the 64th minute.[LNB]Palace's youngsters battled to defy their age and press for a leveller and as the thunderous tackles continued, so too did the flurry of yellow cards.[LNB]But Cardiff punished Palace's cavalier attitude when McCormack raced through the Eagles' defence to slot home his second of the match in stoppage time.[LNB]Palace boss Warnock was at a loss to understand why he was sent to the stands and demonstrated how he felt Johnson had collided with Davis' arm.[LNB]Warnock said: "I don't really know why I was sent off. The referee said it was to calm things down and make both of us go up there.[LNB]"Your reputation goes ahead of you sometimes. But Dave was misinformed. Claude didn't elbow him. If anything, he ran into his arm.[LNB]"I don't think Claude will get done for that. There was no arm movement at all.[LNB]"Both teams wanted to win, and we didn't throw in the towel. But I like Cardiff. I hope they go up."[LNB][LNB]
