Martin O’Neill is demanding an apology from John Terry over the tackle that angry Aston Villa players say could have broken James Milner’s leg.
England manager Fabio Capello was at Wembley and is now facing another Terry row to patch up before the World Cup.
There was no Terry apology on Saturday after Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final triumph and relationships between Terry and Milner are strained.
Milner refused to comment afterwards and with him and Terry both expected to be on the plane to South Africa, the bad feeling could leave Capello with another major problem to solve.
Wayne Bridge has already refused to go to the World Cup because of Terry’s affair with his former girlfriend.
When asked about the tackle, Milner said. “The leg’s not too bad. I don’t know about the tackle. I don’t want to talk about that to be honest.”
But Villa team-mate John Carew was in no doubt that Terry, who was booked by referee Howard Webb for the second-half tackle, could have broken Milner’s leg and O’Neill claimed he should have been sent off.
“I saw it from close range and he could have sent Milner’s lower leg up into the stand if he hit him right,” said Carew. I have seen people get red-carded for less. There are a lot of tackles that can break people’s legs which are not even that dangerous. But that one was very dangerous because he launched in with a straight leg. If Terry had hit the leg and it had been planted on the ground he would have broken it.”
O’Neill wanted an apology from Terry straight after the game.
England manager Fabio Capello was at Wembley and is now facing another Terry row to patch up before the World Cup.
There was no Terry apology on Saturday after Chelsea’s FA Cup semi-final triumph and relationships between Terry and Milner are strained.
Milner refused to comment afterwards and with him and Terry both expected to be on the plane to South Africa, the bad feeling could leave Capello with another major problem to solve.
Wayne Bridge has already refused to go to the World Cup because of Terry’s affair with his former girlfriend.
When asked about the tackle, Milner said. “The leg’s not too bad. I don’t know about the tackle. I don’t want to talk about that to be honest.”
But Villa team-mate John Carew was in no doubt that Terry, who was booked by referee Howard Webb for the second-half tackle, could have broken Milner’s leg and O’Neill claimed he should have been sent off.
“I saw it from close range and he could have sent Milner’s lower leg up into the stand if he hit him right,” said Carew. I have seen people get red-carded for less. There are a lot of tackles that can break people’s legs which are not even that dangerous. But that one was very dangerous because he launched in with a straight leg. If Terry had hit the leg and it had been planted on the ground he would have broken it.”
O’Neill wanted an apology from Terry straight after the game.
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