McManaman horror tackle sparks half-time brawl as Newcastle's Haidara is crocked
By DAVID KENT
A Callum McManaman horror tackle on Massadio Haidara sparked a half-time melee as the Premier League clash between Wigan and Newcastle turned nasty.
McManaman went in high on the Newcastle defender, who had to be carried off on a stretcher.
Magpies assistant manager John Carver confronted McManaman as the teams left the pitch at the end of the first half with stewards and players also getting involved.
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Shocker: Callum McManaman steams into achallenge on Massadio Haidara who was taken off on a stretcher
Come on ref! Newcastle players protest after McManaman's shocking tackle
Carver and Wigan physio were Graham Barrow were banned from the technical area for the rest of the match – with the Latics leading 1-0 thanks to Jean Beausejour’s 18th-minute effort.
Davide Santon levelled for the visitors but Arouna Kone won it at the death for Roberto Martinez's side.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew was furious with the referee's performance.
'I'm disappointed for our team and for Wigan in a way, disappointing how it was conducted,' he told Sky Sports. The tackle was awful, and we've lost the game in the last minute to what I think is a handball, and also got a boy going to hospital.
Game over: Haidara was taken off injured after McManaman's tackle during Wigan's clash with Newcastle
'In all honesty it's difficult to take and difficult to talk about at this stage.
'All I would say is my team have put in an honest performance and actually we're very, very unlucky to come away with nothing.
'We also feel we should have had a corner before the goal. It's just unbelievable really, the decisions just seemed to go against us.'
When asked how Haidara was, Pardew, who revealed referee Mark Halsey had apologised to him at half-time for missing the McManaman challenge, said: 'Well it's not going to be good because the tackle was so bad. And that's the truth of it.'
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez insisted McManaman was not a malicious player and said he would be apologising to Haidara.
Fight: Newcastle United assistant manager John Carver clashes with Callum McManaman
'Remember it's Callum's full debut in the Premier League. I haven't seen the replay, I believe that he touches the ball and then it's a bad challenge, but it's nothing malicious, he's not that sort of boy,' the Spaniard said.
'It's the normal enthusiasm that you get in your debut.
'I can't really comment too much because I haven't seen the action but I can guarantee that Callum McManaman is a young man full of talent and in his debut probably showed the enthusiasm that you expect, but he's not a malicious player.'
Regarding an apology, Martinez said: 'I think he wants to contact the player. I don't know if he's done it already but he will do that because when you get an injury in that manner you obviously don't want to leave any bad feelings.
'If Callum hasn't apologised yet then he definitely will do that because we're a football club where those values are very important.'
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