{"id":333410,"date":"2011-03-23T21:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/23\/manchester-united-defender-jonny-evans-insists-there-was-no-malice-in-season-ending-tackle-on-bolton-wanderers-midfielder-stuart-holden\/"},"modified":"2011-03-23T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:46:00","slug":"manchester-united-defender-jonny-evans-insists-there-was-no-malice-in-season-ending-tackle-on-bolton-wanderers-midfielder-stuart-holden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/23\/manchester-united-defender-jonny-evans-insists-there-was-no-malice-in-season-ending-tackle-on-bolton-wanderers-midfielder-stuart-holden\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United defender Jonny Evans insists there was no malice in season ending tackle on Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Harry Veal<\/h3>\n<h4>23 Mar 2011 21:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.65625\">\n<div readability=\"12.9861111111\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jonny Evans,Manchester United(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/62fcc6ab118090_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jonny Evans,Manchester United(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"35.7615971814\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/northern-ireland\/16933\/jonathan-evans\">Jonny Evans<\/a> has insisted that his challenge on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/united-states\/12307\/stuart-holden\">Stuart Holden<\/a>, which left the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/100\/bolton-wanderers\">Bolton Wanderers<\/a> midfielder out for six months, was not a malicious one.<\/p>\n<p>The Northern Ireland international caused Holden to need 26 stitches in a wound in his knee, but has since admitted that it was a poor challenge and apologised to the USA international.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just said to Holden I was sorry, and that I didn&#8217;t mean to go in and hurt him,\u201d Evans told <em>BBC Sport<\/em> of his phone conversation with the midfielder following the incident. <\/p>\n<p>The United defender also admitted that he had initially thought his challenge on the Bolton midfielder was fair, but changed his mind after watching a replay.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;At the time I did think I&#8217;d gone in for a fair challenge and I&#8217;d won the ball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But looking back on it when I went straight off the pitch and into the changing rooms and saw the tackle again, I realised it wasn&#8217;t a good tackle from myself &#8211; and my concerns were immediately with Stuart.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bolton&#8217;s doctor was keeping me informed, and gave me a call on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was disappointing to hear the news, so I just rang him straight away to apologise. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think anyone appreciates a phone call if someone&#8217;s caused them an injury. Not many footballers like to be on the treatment table, it&#8217;s just unfortunate that someone else has caused an injury to you.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Holden\u2019s injury comes as a huge blow to Bolton, who currently lie in seventh place in the Premier League, with the 25-year-old definitely out for the remainder of this season and potentially the start of next term.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/62fcc6ab118090_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/23\/2408467\/manchester-united-defender-jonny-evans-insists-there-was-no\" title=\"Manchester United defender Jonny Evans insists there was no malice in season ending tackle on Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United defender Jonny Evans insists there was no malice in season ending tackle on Bolton Wanderers midfielder Stuart Holden<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harry Veal 23 Mar 2011 21:46:00 Jonny Evans,Manchester United(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Manchester United defender Jonny Evans has insisted that his challenge on Stuart Holden , which left the Bolton Wanderers midfielder out for six months, was not a malicious one. <\/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-333410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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