Blackpool’s Ian Evatt is claiming that Coventry City keeper Joe Murphy bit him on the nose.
Evatt, a former Coventry City season ticket holder, who had family members in the home and away end at Bloomfield Road on Tuesday night, was booked along with Murphy and now has a two game ban after picking up ten cautions.
He told the Blackpool Gazette: “I thought it was a harsh booking. We had scored to make it 1-1 and I was just trying to get the ball back so we could go and get a second.
“The keeper hung on to the ball. He had been wasting time all game, so he was trying to waste more.
“He bit my nose, which made me a bit mad, then the ref decided to book both of us, which was a ridiculous decision, if you ask me.
“It is a blow because I don’t like missing games but I knew it was going to happen at some point, I suppose.
“I was on nine bookings and I was never going to last until April without another caution, so it is probably best that one of them is a cup match and I only miss one in the league.
“I am really disappointed to miss Cardiff, though, because it is such a massive game for us.
“They are a very good team – one of the best we have played at home this season – but we have to try to get something because they are ahead of us in the league and we don’t want the gap getting too big.
“It’s just a pity I’ll have to watch it on Sky Sports News rather than being on the pitch.”
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