Fulham’s Etuhu blasts Ref over apology
Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu feels referee Peter Walton’s apology for not awarding his side a penalty on Sunday is not good enough.
The Cottagers were denied a spot-kick when Tottenham defender Kyle Walker handled the ball in the area when the Craven Cottage fixture was 2-1 to Spurs.
If the penalty was awarded, Fulham could have made it 2-2 and grabbed a point but instead, Tottenham grabbed a late goal to record a 3-1 victory.
Walton apologised for not calling the penalty for Fulham but Etuhu feels that his oversight is not enough for the Londoners who remained in the bottom five on the table.
"It was handball. I was right there and he handled it,” he told The Sun.
"The ref knows. I had a word with him and he said 'Listen, I didn't see it and if it was a handball then I'm sorry'.
"And I said to him 'Sorry isn't good enough'.
"It was the defining moment. If we had got a penalty, we'd probably have got the goal and it would have been tight at the end.
"The way it ended, we got punished with a third goal as we had to go for it. It's hard to take.
"We deserved to win the game the way we played. We were the better team. We did the right things and we are heading in the right direction. I'm sure we'll start moving up the table soon.”
Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu feels referee Peter Walton’s apology for not awarding his side a penalty on Sunday is not good enough.
The Cottagers were denied a spot-kick when Tottenham defender Kyle Walker handled the ball in the area when the Craven Cottage fixture was 2-1 to Spurs.
If the penalty was awarded, Fulham could have made it 2-2 and grabbed a point but instead, Tottenham grabbed a late goal to record a 3-1 victory.
Walton apologised for not calling the penalty for Fulham but Etuhu feels that his oversight is not enough for the Londoners who remained in the bottom five on the table.
"It was handball. I was right there and he handled it,” he told The Sun.
"The ref knows. I had a word with him and he said 'Listen, I didn't see it and if it was a handball then I'm sorry'.
"And I said to him 'Sorry isn't good enough'.
"It was the defining moment. If we had got a penalty, we'd probably have got the goal and it would have been tight at the end.
"The way it ended, we got punished with a third goal as we had to go for it. It's hard to take.
"We deserved to win the game the way we played. We were the better team. We did the right things and we are heading in the right direction. I'm sure we'll start moving up the table soon.”
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