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Ref enjoyed denying Spurs - Redknapp

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp was in no doubt refereeing decisions cost his side after a controversial 2-1 defeat at Stoke.

Spurs suffered their first Premier League loss since August after having Younes Kaboul sent off and seeing several penalty claims denied.

Redknapp said: "We came away with nothing because there were two blatant handballs on the line and Adebayor was two yards onside when the ball was played to him. That's why we've come away with nothing.

"We were poor first half, I hold my hand up. We didn't play well. But we changed it at half-time and in the second half we battered them. Unfortunately a couple of decisions he [Foy] got completely and utterly wrong. I'm sure if you watch the TV you'll see it.

"When the ball gets rattled in and the fella on the line goes like that with his arm, it's handball. Kaboul gets a booking for saying to the referee it was a penalty, then he gets another yellow card near the end for an innocuous... That was no worse a challenge... It was a foul but...''

Redknapp said he spoke to Foy after the game about his decisions. He said: "Yes I told him. I never go and talk to referees after a game, I accept defeat. I never complain about referees' decisions - I have not done it in 30 years of management, never. But today, I'm afraid, he got some badly wrong.

"He hadn't seen them, but when he goes home tonight and watches them, he'll realise he got a couple badly wrong, and the linesman... When someone's two yards onside, like Adebayor was, how's the linesman not seen it?''

And Redknapp was not finished there. He said: "To be honest from the start of the game, I felt like he wasn't going to give us much today. I just felt like he was quite enjoying not giving us anything.

"He's not made mistakes because he meant to, he is an honest guy but today I just felt he had a bad day, and so did the linesman who missed Adebayor being two yards onside. He'll look at it tonight, on TV, when his wife is making him a bacon sandwich and think, 'Oh **** me, what have I done there?'''

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