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If you foul someone, you get a card - if it's not spotted, the FA panel look at it and ban you. If you hurt someone while making a fair challenge, you've done your job. Players getting injured is just an unfortunate side of the game. As much as everyone hates Savage and wonder why he isn't sent off every game, the best tactic is to wind him up early on, get a booking out of him, cos he's usually as good as gold after that as he's not stupid and doesn't want to get sent off. Players get targeted in games for various reasons, and Blackburn weren't going to open up and play passing football with the squad they've got to let you roll them over.

So you got some bruises and got battered a bit - it's not Blackburn's problem you are playing Chelsea midweek.

P.S. The reason that there weren't many Blackburn fans was because of the 12:15pm kickoff and the stupidly long journey (meaning a bloody early start to get to the game), not to mention the cost. I mean what a joke to hold that game in Cardiff FFS.