Monday, 24th November, 2014
Hull City manager Steve Bruce has accused Tottenham Hotspur defender Jan Vertonghen of playacting at the KC Stadium last night.
Goals from Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen helped Tottenham register a closely fought 2-1 win over the Tigers.
But Hull were leading the game 1-0 when Gaston Ramirez was shown a straight red for kicking out at the Spurs defender.
And the Hull manager believes Vertonghen made the most of Ramirez’s petulance and said that the Tottenham defender’s reaction played a key role in his midfielder getting sent off.
"Vertonghen's a big strapping centre-back and he's rolling around as if he's been poleaxed", Bruce told the BBC.
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"Ramirez has tapped him on the backside. If that really takes him to the ground I can't understand that."
Bruce also feels that the referee and his assistant could have displayed a lot more common sense and the red card could have been avoided.
"The linesman should have a bit more about him. Why not? Now we're talking about a red card instead of the spectacle.
"The big referees, the really top ones, have always got a common sense about them. They realise these things happen."
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