Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman ‘falling out of love with football’ after FA Cup defeat by Derby
Accrington midfielder Daniel Barlaser was sent off in the second half for a second booking after a mistimed challenge, and Coleman took particular umbridge with referee Jonathan Moss over the decision
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Your support makes all the difference.Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman said he is “falling out of love with football” after his team were knocked out of the FA Cup by Derby County, losing 1-0 following several decisions which he deemed controversial.
Accrington midfielder Daniel Barlaser was sent off in the second half for a second booking after a mistimed challenge, and Coleman took particular umbridge with referee Jonathan Moss over the decision.
“I feel physically sick,” said Coleman. “I am rapidly falling out of love with football. Each week you get stiffed by a decision. It’s a tackle, it’s not dangerous. It happened two minutes before on our lad and the referee said it was a coming together.
“The best thing I can say is that you couldn’t tell we were playing with 10 men for the last 25 minutes. Even the most ardent Derby fan would say they didn’t deserve a win, a draw at best.
“I sometimes feel like packing in. Good luck to Derby, I hope they go on and win it but I can’t see it.”
Derby manager Frank Lampard had no complaints about his side’s red card in the closing moments when Jayden Bogle committed a foul as the last man, although he was frustrated with his team’s defending.
“I was disappointed with the build-up to the red card,” said Lampard. ”We let the ball go over our heads and Bogle had a decision to make. He couldn’t recover and it was a foul and red. In the end it was good for us because he [Billy Kee] didn’t score from the free-kick.”
Lampard gave credit to their League One opponents for making it such an uncomfortable afternoon.
“It was a tough match and we had to work hard for it. Conditions didn’t help but I can use it as an excuse now that we’ve won, I wouldn’t have if we had lost.
“[At half-time] I thought we needed to liven up a bit. I thought we were 75-80% in the first half. We had to be better on the ball and get the full-backs forward overlapping and getting balls in the box.
“To be under pressure against 10 men is worrying. With the energy Accrington put in and their desire they did make it tough for us and I am just pleased we got our goal in the end.”
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