REFFIN' OUTBURST.
Arsenal star Bacary Sagna last night insisted he was shocked at the language used by referee Phil Dowd at Newcastle. Sagna saw his team blow a 4-0 lead to draw 4-4 and admits he confronted Dowd when he awarded a penalty against team-mate Laurent Koscielny.
The French defender said: "I asked him for an explanation and he was pretty hard on me. I won't repeat what words he came out with but they should never come from a referee".
The defender also tried to defend team-mate Abou Diaby for his red card shame. Diaby was sent off for angrily pushing the Toon's Joey Barton to the floor after a heavy challenge.
Sagna said: "I've experienced the same problem (with Barton). I was the victim of several attacks and it gets in your head. Abou reacted badly but the referee should have taken disciplinary measures".
So is this all smoke and mirrors "Moyes style" from Sagna? Or... Was Phil Dowd "under a little bit of pressure" for some unknown reason on Saturday? Because it wasn't like he was having a "mare of a game" with any kind of fracas or w/e between the teams' players on a general scale before all the shit hit the fan...