Pardew: No malice in YC tackle

Pardew: No malice in YC tackle

Published Dec. 31, 2011 1:15 p.m. ET

The Frenchman avoided any action from referee Lee Probert in the 3-1 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield on Friday night despite leaving Jay Spearing in a heap with a studs-up challenge. An FA disciplinary panel could decide to act upon the incident, but Pardew is confident Cabaye, a summer signing from Lille, did not aim to hurt his opponent. "There was no malice in the tackle. I don't think the FA will look at it," said the Newcastle boss in The Times. The incident sparked an angry, on-field reaction from Liverpool's players, but boss Kenny Dalglish claims to have missed the tackle. "I didn't see it," claimed Kenny Dalglish. "If it was a bad one, I'm sure the governing body will take appropriate action."

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