{"id":284098,"date":"2011-02-28T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T07:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/johan-elmander-%e2%80%98went-down-like-he-had-been-shot%e2%80%99-newcastle-united-captain-kevin-nolan-defends-ryan-taylor-red-card\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T07:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T07:50:00","slug":"johan-elmander-went-down-like-he-had-been-shot-newcastle-united-captain-kevin-nolan-defends-ryan-taylor-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/johan-elmander-went-down-like-he-had-been-shot-newcastle-united-captain-kevin-nolan-defends-ryan-taylor-red-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Johan Elmander \u2018went down like he had been shot\u2019 &#8211; Newcastle United captain Kevin Nolan defends Ryan Taylor red card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Daniel Tyler<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 07:50:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.7693441415\">\n<div readability=\"12.1818181818\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ryan Taylor (Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/23076e2f115379_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ryan Taylor (Getty Images) <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"32.7322033898\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/99\/newcastle-united\">Newcastle United<\/a> skipper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1336\/kevin-nolan\">Kevin Nolan<\/a> has defended team-mate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/10537\/ryan-taylor\">Ryan Taylor<\/a> after picking up a red card in Saturday&#8217;s 1-1 draw with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/100\/bolton\">Bolton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old was dismissed in the 54th minute after a two-footed tackle on Wanderers striker Johan Elmander.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle boss Alan Pardew described the challenge as \u201cover-zealous\u201d but not malicious, and Nolan knows Taylor would never deliberately hurt anyone.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters: &#8220;Ryan being the honest lad he is, we know that he is never going to hurt or try to hurt anybody ever, and I felt for a fellow professional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nolan did however admit referee Chris Foy had little option in showing the former Wigan man the red card, but questioned Elmander\u2019s reaction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ryan&#8217;s an honest lad,\u201d said Nolan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an honest tackle, as far as I am concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The boy went down like he had been shot, which is not nice because two minutes later, he got up and he was running around like a madman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what we don&#8217;t like about it. But at the end of the day, it was two-footed and we have got no complaints.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/23076e2f115379_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/28\/2372426\/johan-elmander-went-down-like-he-had-been-shot-newcastle\" title=\"Johan Elmander \u2018went down like he had been shot\u2019 - Newcastle United captain Kevin Nolan defends Ryan Taylor red card\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johan Elmander \u2018went down like he had been shot\u2019 &#8211; Newcastle United captain Kevin Nolan defends Ryan Taylor red card<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daniel Tyler 28 Feb 2011 07:50:00 Ryan Taylor (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Newcastle United skipper Kevin Nolan has defended team-mate Ryan Taylor after picking up a red card in Saturday&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Bolton . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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