Angel escapes action over 'elbow'

Angel and Morgan continued their disagreement in the tunnel

Aston Villa's Juan Pablo Angel will not face Football Association disciplinary action over his alleged elbow on Sheffield United's Chris Morgan.

Blades boss Neil Warnock accused Angel of a deliberate elbow during Monday's 2-2 draw between the two teams.

But referee Mark Halsey said in his FA report he did see the incident and that he chose not to discipline Angel.

As a result, under Fifa regulations, the FA is unable to take any retrospective action.

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Angel is thought to have objected to a push from Morgan and reacted by elbowing the Blades captain.

Morgan ran down the tunnel after Angel upon the final whistle and was closely followed by United's assistant manager Stuart McCall.

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Warnock told BBC Radio Five Live: "Angel elbowed Morgan in the box. Chris was disgusted by it and there's no need for it, it was such a good game.

"The television replays have just shown exactly what Chris said, that he was elbowed.

"It was a good tough game, a real cracker to be honest, but now we end up talking more about this one incident than the game.

"Having said that, it's a hard game to referee at the moment. Premiership football is played at an unbelievable pace and you are going to make mistakes."

Villa boss Martin O'Neill added: "There was a kerfuffle in the tunnel afterwards. There were a few words exchanged but there was nothing thrown.

"It was not too dissimilar to what happens in most tunnels at the end of a game.

"There were a few people separating things but it shouldn't spoil what was a pretty exciting game and I think we more than played our part."