Charlton 0-0 MK Dons: Jose Riga and Karl Robinson reaction
Wednesday 9 March 2016 06:26, UK
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson has called for Charlton's Yaya Sanogo to be banned for the remainder of the season after he appeared to elbow Antony Kay in Tuesday's 0-0 draw at The Valley.
An already damaging evening for the Addicks was worsened by Sanogo's dismissal as Charlton remain 23rd in the Sky Bet Championship with 10 games to play after failing to beat the Dons, who are 21st and seven points in front of them.
Striker Sanogo, on-loan from Arsenal, will be suspended for three games after being given a straight red for the incident in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage-time, and Robinson angrily said: "It was disgusting. He should be banned for the rest of the season.
"He's clearly, off the ball, had a go and then a second one. Rob Hall too was clothes-lined on the far side of the pitch. Some of the tackles were borderline assault. I was expecting to see the police in the tunnel at full-time.
"I know it's about the fight and competing for survival in one of the most difficult leagues in Europe, but there has to be an element of control.
"It's not acceptable. He could have broken his jaw. Their manager [Jose Riga] didn't shake my hand until we were in the tunnel either, so it ended on a bitter note for me. But we were the better team.
Some of the tackles were borderline assault. I was expecting to see the police in the tunnel at full-time.
"Charlton had to win here. We've come here and done a wonderful job. We've lost every time we've come here before. I felt we should have got more.
"Everyone has come back to us in the table, which is good, but we just need to nick a few wins here and there."
Riga, whose team set an unwanted club record by going a 10th home league game without a win - their last was against Sheffield Wednesday on November 7 - said: "We were expecting more from this game.
"We had the obligation to take more from this game. I didn't see what I wanted. The most important [thing] from this game was to get a win. The gap [to safety] is big.
"It's not what we were looking for and it's disappointing. [I've] not yet [seen the Sanogo incident], but he did something silly - apologised - so I suppose he did something.
"We don't need this in our situation, certainly not. We are all nervous about the situation. [To not win] against a direct opponent, it's two times more difficult [to survive]."
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