Source: Daily_Mail
Angry Hughes blasts 'useless' referee for failing to send off Malouda
Portsmouth midfielder Richard Hughes has hit out at referee Lee Mason for his 'useless' performance during the Premier league clash with Chelsea.[LNB]Hughes is angry after Mason failed to send off Chelsea winger Florent Malouda for elbowing Ricardo Rocha.[LNB]The Portugal defender ended up in hospital on Wednesday night with a suspected fractured cheekbone following Malouda's fierce challenge.[LNB] Broken nose: Tommy Smith was suffering at Fratton Park on Wednesday[LNB]Mason only showed the France international a yellow card and he went on to score twice in Chelsea's 5-0 victory.[LNB]Tommy Smith also suffered a broken nose after appearing to be struck by Daniel Sturridge, with the FA deciding not to investigate the incident.[LNB]Hughes said: 'I thought he was useless. You just ask for decisions to be squaredequally. Maybe with the position where we are in at the bottom, the refereethought only about one team.[LNB] Angry: Richard Hughes clashes with Chelsea's Paulo Ferreira[LNB]'No one likes to see anyone else get sent off but if you're not going to get sent off for fracturing someone's cheekbone, I suggest we might as well scrap the rule for sending people off for using an elbow.[LNB]'It was bizarre and that's what I said to him. I said: "If the boy has fractured his cheekbone and you have deemed it an elbow, when are you going to send him off?"[LNB]'I'm not sure what happened with Sturridge but when we're protesting to the ref, he's saying no one touched him and allows Chelsea to play on.[LNB] Pouring salt into the wounds: Florent Malouda scores his first goal for Chelsea[LNB]'The linesman is looking at Tommy with blood pouring from his nose, so they had to stop the game, but didn't.[LNB]'It's not his fault the free-kick led to the first goal but I thought it was a ridiculous non decision.'[LNB] Portsmouth 0 Chelsea 5: Jinxed James starts rout as Blues close title gapVIDEO SPECIAL: Calamity David James is at it again - his air-shot against Chelsea is another shocker for the annals of goalkeeper errorsPORTSMOUTH FC
