Saturday 28 February 2015 20:51, UK
Mile Jedinak was fortunate to escape punishment for an intentional elbow on Diafro Sakho in Crystal Palace’s 3-1 win at West Ham, according to Jamie Redknapp.
The Eagles captain appeared to unnaturally strike Sakho with his arm when clearing the ball out of his side’s penalty area.
The incident in the 88th-minute went unchallenged by referee Mike Dean, but Redknapp feels the nature of the event could draw retrospective action from the Football Association.
“My version is different to Jedinak’s. It’s completely wrong what he’s done here,” he told Sky Sports.
“You can see it there. There is no way that’s unintentional, that is not a natural movement of your elbow. When you do that into someone’s face it’s not nice because you can break someone’s jaw.
“I’m a big fan of Jedinak’s, the way he plays with tremendous desire. He’s Palace’s manager on the pitch. But you can’t go around brandishing your elbows like that towards someone’s head.
"It’s a dangerous move, and we’ll wait and see what happens.”
Australian Jedinak, who made his first appearance under new Palace manager Alan Pardew, argued his case, reiterating that the collision with Sakho was completely unintentional.
“I’ve just seen the ball come across and I think it was just a reaction,” Jedinak said. “I didn’t even know he was there, it was one of those ones where I just ran through with the clearance.
“How I caught him, I’m not aware of it but it is what it is. I haven’t intentionally gone out to try to catch him.”
