Bolton's Davies escapes serious injury
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01/21/2010 -
Bolton, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Midfielder Mark Davies did not suffer a
serious ankle injury after being the victim of a controversial tackle from
William Gallas during Bolton's 4-2 defeat at Arsenal on Wednesday night.
Trotters boss Owen Coyle accused Gallas of "assaulting" his player after his
52nd minute lunge at Davies' ankle went unpunished by the referee.
To rub salt into the wounds, Arsenal went on to score an equalizing goal with
the midfielder lying prostrate on the Emirates Stadium pitch.
However, despite initial fears of a potential broken bone, scans have now
revealed that Davies did not suffer a serious injury.
Speaking at full-time, a furious Coyle slammed both the tackle and the lack of
punishment from referee Alan Wiley.
"I think it was closer to an assault than a tackle," he claimed. "I would
suggest it's probably closer to a sending-off as far as I'm concerned.
"The lad is prostrate on the ground and Arsenal, being full of fair play as we
keep hearing, have carried on and scored an equalizer. That is hard to take.
"It was a bad tackle, there is no getting away from it.
"You can accept it if he gets a bit of the ball, because that is the game we
play and it can happen, but he has not touched any of the ball and it rubs
salt into the wounds."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
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In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.
Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.
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Memphis vs. Ohio State
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