West Ham defender Pablo Zabaleta has criticized his team-mate Andy Carroll for the red card that he received during the Hammers game against Burnley this weekend.
Carroll received a red-card during the first half following two bookings within the space of ninety seconds.
The Hammers were leading the game 1-0 at the time through a goal from Michail Antonio and despite being reduced to ten men for the majority of the game, they managed to hold out for a 1-1 draw after Chris Wood equalized for the Clarets late on during the second half.
Carroll is known for being an aggressive player and there is no doubt that many of his team-mates and manager Slaven Bilic will be disappointed with his actions.
Zabaleta said about Carroll’s challenge: “I think Andy`s challenges were a bit nasty. Andy is a big-man. He always goes 100 per cent for the ball in the air.
“From my point of view, it looks aggressive, especially the second one when he knew he was on a yellow already. We need to try to play 11 v 11 for the whole game, especially when you are winning 1-0.
“You can`t give an advantage to the other team.”We were 1-0 up and we need to be a bit more clever in these situations.”
