{"id":286560,"date":"2011-03-02T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/wigans-james-mccarthy-plays-down-wayne-rooney-elbow-incident-as-a-heat-of-the-moment-thing\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T09:45:00","slug":"wigans-james-mccarthy-plays-down-wayne-rooney-elbow-incident-as-a-heat-of-the-moment-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/wigans-james-mccarthy-plays-down-wayne-rooney-elbow-incident-as-a-heat-of-the-moment-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan&#8217;s James McCarthy plays down Wayne Rooney elbow incident as &#8216;a heat of the moment thing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>2 Mar 2011 09:45:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.9977233921\">\n<div readability=\"13.1690140845\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"James McCarthy,Wigan Athletic(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1a78f615115468_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>James McCarthy,Wigan Athletic(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"37.5593000648\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan Athletic<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/31982\/james-mccarthy\">James McCarthy<\/a> has played down the controversial incident with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1681\/wayne-rooney\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The former Everton man elbowed McCarthy in the first half of United&#8217;s 4-0 win, but referee Mark Clattenburg chose to only award a free-kick.<\/p>\n<p>Much has been made and said about the incident since, with the FA being the subject of some criticism after deciding not to take any action against Rooney.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old midfielder, however, has sought to play down the incident, as he told <em>Sky Sports<\/em>: &#8220;It looks a lot worse on the telly, but these things happen in football. You just have to dust yourself down and get on with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When quizzed as to whether he thought Rooney would see a red card in the immediate aftermath of the incident, he said: &#8220;No, I didn&#8217;t know to be honest. It was just a heat of the moment thing, it happened and the referee&#8217;s maybe not picked up on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the youngster did drop a hint that the outcome of a similar challenge with Rooney on the receiving end would have been very different.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know, it could have been [different],&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy also admitted that his manager, Roberto Martinez, had chosen to draw his attention away from the talking point of the game to focus on the club&#8217;s ambitions this season.<\/p>\n<p>The former Hamilton man said: &#8220;He said not to worry about it, just keep working hard and just hopefully we can stay in the league.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1a78f615115468_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/02\/2375647\/wigans-james-mccarthy-plays-down-wayne-rooney-elbow-incident\" title=\"Wigan's James McCarthy plays down Wayne Rooney elbow incident as 'a heat of the moment thing'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wigan&#8217;s James McCarthy plays down Wayne Rooney elbow incident as &#8216;a heat of the moment thing&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 2 Mar 2011 09:45:00 James McCarthy,Wigan Athletic(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Wigan Athletic midfielder James McCarthy has played down the controversial incident with Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney on Saturday. The former Everton man elbowed McCarthy in the first half of United&#8217;s 4-0 win, but referee Mark Clattenburg chose to only award a free-kick. <\/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-286560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wigan&#039;s James McCarthy plays down Wayne Rooney elbow incident as &#039;a heat of the moment thing&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/wigans-james-mccarthy-plays-down-wayne-rooney-elbow-incident-as-a-heat-of-the-moment-thing\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wigan&#039;s James McCarthy plays down Wayne Rooney elbow incident as &#039;a heat of the moment thing&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 2 Mar 2011 09:45:00 James McCarthy,Wigan Athletic(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Wigan Athletic midfielder James McCarthy has played down the controversial incident with Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney on Saturday. 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