The teams played out an exciting 3-3 draw with both teams left with a lot to complain. Deeney was particularly angry. “Doucoure probably did get lucky [not to be sent off], but you can’t tell me that their boy [Gosling] did not try to do Tom Cleverley,” said Deeney, who also felt Watford should have been awarded a penalty for a handball by Nathan Ake. “They know it. We know. But the referee bottled it on a few occasions.”
Bournemouth boss defended his player Gosling and added: “I don’t think it was dangerous, Dan’s tackle; for me it’s not a red card. I know Dan inside and out, he’s not that type of player. Yes he’s mistimed the tackle. But in terms of those words [from Deeney] that’s not in Dan’s make-up. “Ryan was very fortunate not to pick up a serious injury.”
When asked if Doucoure was lucky to avoided a red card, Watford boss Javi Gracia said: “Yes, but he was the same as Dan Gosling.”
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