Source: Daily_Mail
What the papers say - Monday, May 4th
DAILY MAIL: Alan Shearer will hammer Joey Barton with a £120,000 fineafter accusing him of "letting down" Newcastle with a senseless redcard at Anfield yesterday.[LNB]Livid Shearer to throw the book at reckless Barton after Alonso lunge[LNB]Also: Ricky Hatton, who underwent a brainscan following his calamitous defeat yesterday by Manny Pacquiao, isbeing advised to quit boxing.[LNB]Punch of savage beauty: Brutal beating of Hatton by a new master of the blood game[LNB]DAILY TELEGRAPH: Alan Shearer believes Newcastle's relegation showdown with Middlesbrough a week today is the biggest match of his St James' Park career. [LNB] Alan Shearer is furious with Joey Barton after the defender was sent off for Newcastle and will fine the full back £120,000[LNB]Also: Mike Ashley, tie loosened around the neck and face bearing thedistraught expression of a man who had just lost a winning lotteryticket, might have believed that Newcastle's salvation had arrived whenhe caught the eye of James Bond in the Anfield directors' box.[LNB]Liverpool 3 Newcastle 0: Miserable Magpies in deeper trouble as Reds run riot[LNB]THE SUN: Alan Shearer was fuming after seeing Joey Barton done for this season and Newcastle almost done for in the Premier League. [LNB]Also:Alex McLeish sealed Birmingham's return to the Premier League with akiss...Ricky Hatton made a humble apology to his fans after beingpoleaxed by Manny Pacquiao.[LNB]Reading 1 Birmingham 2: Phillips fires Birmingham to the promised land [LNB]Ricky Hatton hits the canvass and perhaps the end of his career [LNB]DAILY EXPRESS: Alan Shearer last night slammed Joey Barton for his red card as Newcastle's plight deepened and Liverpool kept up the title pressure on Manchester United.[LNB] Also: Ricky Hatton emerged from hospital here to a chorus of demands that he should quit boxing following his devastating second-round knockout by Manny Pacquiao. [LNB]DAILY MIRROR: Alan Shearer ripped into red card rogue Joey Barton last night after Newcastle lurched closer to relegation.[LNB] Also: Ricky Hatton could quit following his spectacular knockout by Manny Pacquiao. [LNB]DAILY STAR: Bad Boy Joey Barton will be fined £120,000 by furious Newcastle boss Alan Shearer after his latest shame on Merseyside. [LNB]Also:Ricky Hatton apologised to his army of fans last night after beingknocked out cold in devastating fashion by Manny Pacquiao. [LNB]THE TIMES: Birmingham City won the dramatic three-way fight for automatic promotion to the Barclays Premier League yesterday.[LNB]Also: Ricky Hatton's late night trip to the Valley Medical Centre, accompanied by Jennifer, his fiancee, Paul Speak, his agent, and Oscar De La Hoya, his promoter, was just a precaution, but it was a fitting reminder, should the British boxer need one, of the dangers associated with his sport. [LNB]THE INDEPENDENT: Alan Shearer yesterday launched a scathing attack on Joey Barton for the straight red card the Newcastle midfielder earned in his side's 3-0 defeat to Liverpool. [LNB]Also: Seven of the Premier League's bottom eight played this weekend: Sunderland yesterday became the seventh to lose. [LNB]THE GUARDIAN: Alan Shearer last night accused Joey Barton of letting Newcastle United down after the midfielder was sent off for a reckless two-footed tackle on Xabi Alonso during a 3-0 defeat at Liverpool that deepened the club's relegation fears. [LNB]Also: Rickey Hatton's boxing career is almost certainly over. [LNB]
