Moyes angry at Kompany challenge

, 25 September, 20comments  |  Jump to most recent
David Moyes has accused Vincent Kompany of deliberately trying to hurt Tim Cahill during Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Manchester City.

"The boy does him," Moyes told the BBC. "He definitely sees his shin going in and stands on it. People who have been players know what I am talking about.

"I don't think it is too bad. It just looks like bruising. But they are the ones where it doesn't take much to crack your shin. The officials seemed to spot most other things. But they did not spot the big one. Referees are judged on big decisions.''

The incident occurred in the second half, when the game was still goalless. Cahill was booked for a rash challenge but as Kompany took evasive action, he landed on the midfielder's leg. It quickly became apparent Cahill would not be able to continue and he was replaced by Louis Saha.

"Overall, we found the way the officials treated us really difficult to take,'' said Moyes. "We found it difficult to talk to them and found the fourth official was very much the same.''

Quotes or other material sourced from ESPN Soccernet



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