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- May 22, 2005
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Source: Skysports.com
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is waiting to learn if he will face disciplinary action from UEFA after appearing to aim a clenched-fist gesture towards a section of Shamrock Rovers fans.
Spurs crashed out of the Europa League in Ireland on Thursday despite beating the Irish part-timers 4-0 at Tallaght Stadium.
The result was overshadowed by what appeared to be an angry exchange from Redknapp towards a group of Rovers fans who had subjected him to offensive chants throughout the game.
Redknapp played down his actions after the game, but should UEFA rule the incident offensive, the Spurs boss could face a misconduct charge.
Lovely people
When asked if had made an obscene gesture towards the Rovers fans, Redknapp said: "Not really. Did I make an 'obscene' gesture? No, I didn't make... No."
Redknapp had taken heavy criticism from the Rovers fans all night, but tried again to play down the incident by saying: "I have spent enough time in Ireland to know what lovely people they are.
"If you go and meet them afterwards they are probably lovely people. But they get together and shout a load of nonsense and that is football. That's life. I don't hold any grudges."
UEFA confirmed on Friday morning that they will wait to see if the incident is mentioned in two reports - carried out by the referee and UEFA delegate - before deciding whether Redknapp will face a charge of improper conduct.
"We have not received the delegate's report and the referee's report yet. We will have a look at those to see if it is mentioned in there. They have to be submitted within 48 hours of the game, but they should be here this afternoon," a UEFA spokesman said.
First-half strikes from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend and Jermain Defoe meant Tottenham would have qualified for the last 32 if they had scored two more unanswered goals and providing 10-man Rubin Kazan did not recover from 1-0 down away at PAOK Salonika.
Nothing
Those hopes were shattered in the second half however, as Rubin equalised and Redknapp's team could not find the Rovers net again until Harry Kane scored his first Tottenham goal in injury time.
Despite fielding youngsters throughout the tournament, and refusing to play the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Scott Parker and Rafael van der Vaart, Redknapp insisted that he was sad to go out.
"I wanted us to get through because it is good experience for the young players," Redknapp said.
"It is nothing to do with team selection. Yeah, maybe if I had played those players [like Parker and Van der Vaart] we might have sneaked through. We might not have won 10 out of 11 league games, though."
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is waiting to learn if he will face disciplinary action from UEFA after appearing to aim a clenched-fist gesture towards a section of Shamrock Rovers fans.
Spurs crashed out of the Europa League in Ireland on Thursday despite beating the Irish part-timers 4-0 at Tallaght Stadium.
The result was overshadowed by what appeared to be an angry exchange from Redknapp towards a group of Rovers fans who had subjected him to offensive chants throughout the game.
Redknapp played down his actions after the game, but should UEFA rule the incident offensive, the Spurs boss could face a misconduct charge.
Lovely people
When asked if had made an obscene gesture towards the Rovers fans, Redknapp said: "Not really. Did I make an 'obscene' gesture? No, I didn't make... No."
Redknapp had taken heavy criticism from the Rovers fans all night, but tried again to play down the incident by saying: "I have spent enough time in Ireland to know what lovely people they are.
"If you go and meet them afterwards they are probably lovely people. But they get together and shout a load of nonsense and that is football. That's life. I don't hold any grudges."
UEFA confirmed on Friday morning that they will wait to see if the incident is mentioned in two reports - carried out by the referee and UEFA delegate - before deciding whether Redknapp will face a charge of improper conduct.
"We have not received the delegate's report and the referee's report yet. We will have a look at those to see if it is mentioned in there. They have to be submitted within 48 hours of the game, but they should be here this afternoon," a UEFA spokesman said.
First-half strikes from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend and Jermain Defoe meant Tottenham would have qualified for the last 32 if they had scored two more unanswered goals and providing 10-man Rubin Kazan did not recover from 1-0 down away at PAOK Salonika.
Nothing
Those hopes were shattered in the second half however, as Rubin equalised and Redknapp's team could not find the Rovers net again until Harry Kane scored his first Tottenham goal in injury time.
Despite fielding youngsters throughout the tournament, and refusing to play the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Scott Parker and Rafael van der Vaart, Redknapp insisted that he was sad to go out.
"I wanted us to get through because it is good experience for the young players," Redknapp said.
"It is nothing to do with team selection. Yeah, maybe if I had played those players [like Parker and Van der Vaart] we might have sneaked through. We might not have won 10 out of 11 league games, though."
