Parker Hopes Referee Has Rethink

Claus Jensen, the Fulham player Parker was judged to have fouled in the 82nd minute at St James's Park, has done his best to support his opponent by admitting there was no contact between them.

"I have been in to see the referee and told him that Claus Jensen has said he wasn't pulled back and we will have to wait to see how he (Wiley) views it now. Jensen has said what he has said and Scott Parker has said that, when he realised he had a hand on him, he lifted it up in the air but didn't pull him."

As it stands, Parker will miss this weekend's trip to Blackburn.