Royle’s Reaction - LCFC

By Aston
October 19 2004

Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle feels that if Town had come away with nothing from tonight’s game against Leicester it would have been unjust.

Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle feels that if Town had come away with nothing from tonight’s it would have been unjust.

Royle: “I think the referee is a good referee but he's got to be embarrassed when he sees it on the video. The goalkeeper's done a bar of soap and no-one's been near him. We scored a good goal and had we scored earlier we'd have gone on and won the game.

“The players are adamant no-one was near him. You don't often see our players animated around referees. We don't bother referees but they were so annoyed by that decision.

“The second half, their goal apart was so one-sided it was untrue and if we'd have got nothing out of that game it would have been really unjust.”.

In a separate interview also said: “I have a lot of time for the referee but on this occasion he will be embarrassed when he sees that incident again on the replay.

“If we had got nothing out of the game I would have been very disappointed but we came back from behind again and it was another honest display by the team.

“We got off to a great start but then our front two stopped doing their job and we relinquished our hold on the game and needed Lewis Price to produce two or three excellent saves for us.

“When we changed the format and went three up front it worked for us and got us back into the match and we deserved at least a point at the end.”.

Source: BBC Sport and Ipswich Town - the official website.

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