KANE HELPED GET RALLS SENT OFF

Warnock fury after defeat at Tottenham

CARDIFF City manager Neil Warnock angrily hit out at England captain Harry Kane by accusing him of helping to get Joe Ralls sent off at Tottenham. Referee Mike Dean gave Ralls a straight red in the 58th minute of the Bluebirds’ 1-0 Wembley loss after he lunged at Lucas Moura.

England skipper and Spurs talisman Kane rushed up to Ralls after the challenge and it provoked an angry reaction from Warnock. A video of him sarcastically telling Kane ‘Well done Harry’ was doing the rounds on social media afterwards.

After his post-match press conference, Warnock said: “I think everyone gets angry in a game of football, 5-a-side or whatever. I thought it was a very soft one to say the least. I didn’t think it was violent conduct, I thought it was cynical. He (Mike Dean) went for his yellow card, but the whole day there’s been busy people around him.

“It was a group decision, people in his earphones and Mike Dean doesn’t need that because he’s a good referee. It doesn’t help that there’s about 15 white shirts all haranguing him either. Why not give Harry Kane a red? He went in and pushed him (Ralls) didn’t he? He doesn’t need to do that. He was doing that to make the ref think the challenge was worse than it actually was.

“He plays for England, is a top player, I love him, but I don’t think you should try and get other pros sent off. He’s the England captain for goodness sake.

“Just because Kane was having a poor game himself. He was determined to score today because we’re the only Premier League side he’s not scored against, but I thought our centre-backs handled him well.”

Warnock said he was proud of his players, even though Cardif went to the bottom of the table.

“I couldn’t have asked for much more. We just need a little bit of a rub of the green, a bounce of the ball.”

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