Football: Ince Points Finger at Cheyrou As Booking Proves Costly

Birmingham Post › January 23, 2004

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Wolverhampton Wanderers captain Paul Ince has voiced his fury at Liverpool's Bruno Cheyrou for the yellow card that has earned him his sec-ond ban of the season. Ince was perhaps lucky to stay on the pitch at Molineux in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool on Wednesday night after a late flare-up with Steve Gerrard. But it was his earlier booking from referee Barry Knight for a late tackle on Cheyrou that most angered him.

It meant a tenth booking for Ince, earning him a two-game suspension for next month's home game with Arsenal on February 7 and the crucial trip to relegation rivals Leeds United three nights later. But the Wolves skipper said: 'I'm disappointed with the booking because it was my first tackle and Cheyrou went down like a sack of spuds.

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Football: Ince Points Finger at Cheyrou As Booking Proves Costly

'I thought, with Keith Hackett in charge, referees were now showing common se...

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