[lfc-news] Baros 'sorry' over tackle - Echo

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Liverpool Echo, 22 Mar 2005
Baros 'sorry' over tackle
By David Prentice, Liverpool Echo

MILAN BAROS has apologised to Everton defender Alan Stubbs after the
X-rated challenge which saw him sent off in Sunday's Anfield derby.

Stubbs reacted furiously to the tackle in his post match interviews,
accusing the Czech striker of deliberately trying to injure him, but
last night Baros said he did not mean to harm the Blues' defender.

"I wanted to kick the ball away," said Baros. "I closed my eyes and ran
for it and unluckily I hit his knee. I am sorry.

"My style of playing is based on aggressiveness. I appreciate it looked
furious on television but I surely didn't want to knowingly foul him. I
wanted to kick the ball away.

"I saw worse fouls and they were only yellow cards, but this doesn't
excuse me. My challenge was surely a red card. I will be given a
three-match ban, that's normal here. If we hadn't won, I would have felt
guilty for that."

It is believed that Stubbs will accept Baros' apology if the player
contacts him directly to explain his challenge.

Stubbs was furious after the match, saying: "It was a ridiculous
challenge. I would crucify myself if I made a challenge like that.

"It was a challenge that could finish a player's career. I won't have it
that it was a striker's challenge. There is no such thing. That's nonsense.

"I can accept players who turn their back and leave their foot dangling.
But no player should look at another player and leave their foot there
deliberately. I don't accept it.

"I'd have been first to shake his hand if he'd turned away and left his
foot dangling, but it wasn't the case. There's no place for that in
football."

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