{"id":289076,"date":"2011-03-04T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/wigan-athletic-manager-roberto-martinez-reiterates-that-wayne-rooney-was-lucky-not-to-be-punished-for-james-mccarthy-incident\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T10:45:00","slug":"wigan-athletic-manager-roberto-martinez-reiterates-that-wayne-rooney-was-lucky-not-to-be-punished-for-james-mccarthy-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/wigan-athletic-manager-roberto-martinez-reiterates-that-wayne-rooney-was-lucky-not-to-be-punished-for-james-mccarthy-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez reiterates that Wayne Rooney was lucky not to be punished for James McCarthy incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>4 Mar 2011 10:45:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.095505618\">\n<div readability=\"15.616\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Premier League: Roberto Martinez - Wigan Athletic West Ham United (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/56e8bdb099598_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Premier League: Roberto Martinez &#8211; Wigan Athletic West Ham United (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"26.6631785481\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan Athletic<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/33427\/roberto-mart%C3%ADnez\">Roberto Martinez<\/a> says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1681\/wayne-rooney\">Wayne Rooney<\/a> was lucky not to be punished on the pitch following his elbow on midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ireland\/31982\/james-mccarthy\">James McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The FA decided not to take any action after referee Mark Clattenburg claimed he saw the incident and dealt with it appropriately during the game at the DW Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Martinez has claimed Rooney may have faced a more immediate response had his players seen the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Martinez said: \u201cNone of the rest of the players saw the incident live. You would have seen a completely different reaction from the players on the pitch if they had seen the incident. It is an off-the-ball action you don\u2019t want to see on a football pitch. As I said at the time, he got away with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always protect your\u00a0team-mates. We have a great team spirit and if you see a player that has been elbowed in that manner you would have seen a real reaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is natural and is normal. You need that in a team, if you are not going to protect each other on the football pitch, you will suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Swansea City boss also hailed 20-year-old midfielder McCarthy for not overreacting following Rooney\u2019s elbow on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames is a mature boy,\u201d Martinez continued. \u201cYou would never tell he is only 20 and it was great to see him not overreacting and allowing the ref to make a decision without pressure.\u201d\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/56e8bdb099598_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/04\/2378765\/wigan-athletic-manager-roberto-martinez-reiterates-that\" title=\"Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez reiterates that Wayne Rooney was lucky not to be punished for James McCarthy incident\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez reiterates that Wayne Rooney was lucky not to be punished for James McCarthy incident<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 4 Mar 2011 10:45:00 Premier League: Roberto Martinez &#8211; Wigan Athletic West Ham United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez says Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney was lucky not to be punished on the pitch following his elbow on midfielder James McCarthy . The FA decided not to take any action after referee Mark Clattenburg claimed he saw the incident and dealt with it appropriately during the game at the DW Stadium<\/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-289076","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 Athletic manager Roberto Martinez reiterates that Wayne Rooney was lucky not to be punished for James McCarthy incident - 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\/04\/wigan-athletic-manager-roberto-martinez-reiterates-that-wayne-rooney-was-lucky-not-to-be-punished-for-james-mccarthy-incident\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez reiterates that Wayne Rooney was lucky not to be punished for James McCarthy incident - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 4 Mar 2011 10:45:00 Premier League: Roberto Martinez - Wigan Athletic West Ham United (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez says Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney was lucky not to be punished on the pitch following his elbow on midfielder James McCarthy . 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