Steve Clarke has reacted to Armenia fans throwing bottles towards Lewis Ferguson, the Scotland boss claiming he was more concerned with that than with handbags between the players.
The Aberdeen midfielder was left in a heap on the turf after a horror tackle by Kamo Hovhannisyan, who was shown a straight red card and joined namesake Arman in the dressing room.That resulted in a flashpoint between the players, who indulged in a bit of argy bargy that continued after the final whistle.
But eagle-eyed Clarke spotted bottles being thrown from the stands. It was Arman Hovhannisyan that was at it at Hampden six days ago, launching a water bottle at the assistant referee in the wake of Scott McKenna's eventually disallowed goal.And Clarke was keen to highlight more missile throwing in Yerevan rather than focus on the players clashing.He said: “I don't think there was too much in it (the tussle on the pitch).
Their coaching staff got on the pitch pretty quickly and made sure everyone was calm. There were some bad tackles towards the end of the game and professional players are always going to react to that, but it was nothing.“I’m more concerned about the bottles that were getting thrown on the pitch after the tackle on Lewis.
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