Graeme Souness had a easy message for Ben Brereton-Diaz – “You might be dishonest!”
The Southampton striker was on the centre of the drama on the Premier League’s opening weekend after his conflict with Fabian Schar at St James’ Park.
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The Newcastle United defender was despatched off in the course of the first half of their 1-0 win for what was deemed to be a headbutt on the Chilean worldwide.
The approaching collectively occurred after the 2 gamers had collided in a problem, earlier than Brereton-Diaz and Schar squared up.
With their heads collectively, the Southampton star fell to the bottom, a lot to the fury of Schar, Dan Burn and quite a lot of different Newcastle stars.
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Consequently, Schar was given a crimson card whereas Brereton-Diaz was solely given a yellow for his function within the confrontation – a call that left ex-Newcastle boss Souness fuming.
Souness informed White and Jordan: “Should you walked down the road now and did a survey of 10 soccer followers and requested what annoys them, they’d say dishonest.
“Diaz cheated. Schar was flawed, however I personally suppose the referee ought to have gone to the display and despatched Diaz off and ebook Schar.
“You might be dishonest. Schar put his head in the direction of him and there’s no motion of headbutting. There’s no motion of ‘I’m going to harm you’.
“Diaz has thrown himself to the bottom and that’s a crimson card. He’s tried to deceive me, tried to cheat the individuals within the stadium, and the broader viewers watching at house.
“Right here’s your crimson card. See you son. You must stamp it out as a result of that’s the factor that frustrates the supporters greater than anything.”
When requested if Southampton boss Russell Martin ought to have a phrase with Brereton-Diaz, he added: “100 per cent. It’s embarrassing.
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“You’ll be able to say that it was an invite that was too good to refuse, however that’s not us.
“If we enable this to proceed within the recreation, which the referees are doing, then our league is doomed.
“We’re the primary league on the planet, probably the most watched, we’re the place the cash is and we have now to retain it going ahead as a result of simulation can harm us.”
Simon Jordan added: “The foundations are very particular and in case you put your head in somebody’s face, you get despatched off. It then comes right down to subjectivity.
“Schar misplaced his thoughts as a result of within the problem earlier than Brereton-Diaz pushed him and grabbed him by the again of the neck.
“So Schar’s not pondering ‘I do know what’s going to occur subsequent’, he’s simply misplaced his mood.
“Do I feel it was pathetic from Brereton-Diaz? Yeah, I assumed it was pathetic, however he’s not the one participant who does it. They’re all at it.”
