Nottingham Forest boss Mark Warburton rages at officials and accuses Cardiff City of 'continual delaying'
Sunday 26th November 2017
Defeated Nottingham Forest boss Mark Warburton directed his post-match fury at the officials in the wake of Cardiff City's 2-0 win at the City Ground.
Junior Hoilett and Danny Ward scored first half goals to secure three points for the Bluebirds.
But Warburton, who saw his team's record of four straight home wins come to an end against promotion-chasing Cardiff, was unhappy with the officials.
He said: “There was a clear foul on Tyler Walker and it was inexplicably not given - and we found ourselves 1-0 down. Tyler was bemused - 20 seconds earlier it should’ve been our free-kick, those are the fine margins.
“I have to be careful what I say but I thought it was a nailed-on handball
“We can’t cry over that now. All credit to Neil and his team."
Warburton also accused Cardiff of time-wasting and said the game "has to be managed differently" with many Forest fans booing the Bluebirds' players.
Callum Paterson was shown a yellow card for wasting time in the second half, but the Forest boss remained frustrated.
“We were frustrated at many things," he added. "The continual delaying. We have to learn, Cardiff are very good at what they do.
"But that has to be managed better than that by certain people.
“There’s other ways of dealing with that - I have to be very careful what I say, I want to keep within the letter of the law.
“Surely you deal with that early, stamp it out and it doesn’t become a problem.
“When I see someone stroll off the park and take that long, to applause, I find that very frustrating.
"But Cardiff are where they are because they deserve to be. I’m very respectful towards Cardiff, but they do have physicality.
“But we have to deal with it, it’s too easy to say we were bullied."
Would Warburton be speaking to referee Peter Bankes after the game?
“We will do yes. I have no problem with Cardiff City, zero problem with Neil.
“It has to be managed differently.”
NEIL WARNOCK:
But Warnock hit back, saying: “You’re bound to be disappointed when you’re beaten comprehensively. I’m glad Bryson did take his time, he had a sore Achilles. I didn’t tell him to get hurt and walk off slow to stop him doing any more damage. Do you want him to sprint off?
“What you should be talking about his how lucky they are to have 11 men on the field. There was a horrendous challenge from Traore (on Paterson), as bad as you see, and he only got a yellow. I’d forgotten about that so I’m glad you’ve reminded me. It should have been a red straight away, no doubt. Talk about people getting booked for time wasting and only a yellow for Traore – there’s something wrong there.”
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