Mick McCarthy made no attempt to defend the tackle from Karl Henry that earned the Wolves captain a red card and set Wigan on the way to a valuable 2-0 win at the DW Stadium. The midfielder was sent off for a scything challenge on Jordi Gomez after only 11 minutes, with the Spaniard then opening the scoring midway through the second half before Hugo Rodallega wrapped up the points with a late second. It was not the first time this season Henry had been the focus of attention for his tackling, after a number of incidents involving Joey Barton against Newcastle, while it was also his challenge that led to Fulham striker Bobby Zamora breaking his leg. McCarthy had been staunch in his defence of the 27-year-old before Saturday but he accepted there could be no other outcome this time, although he did make reference both to Henry's reputation and the challenge by Aston Villa's Steve Sidwell last week that left Adlene Guedioura with a broken leg. "I've no argument at all with the red card," said the Wolves boss. "It's ill-judged, it's mistimed - it's very theatrical. We've a lad at our place with a broken leg for six months from a tackle from a lad who went for the ball. "It didn't look as theatrical and unfortunately, with Karl being in the press and the media so often recently, it was never going to be any other result."
Source: PA
Source: PA