challenge on Andre Ayew at the Liberty Stadium was
criticised by Stoke City's Mark Hughes.
Stoke City manager Mark Hughes was unhappy at replays of an
incident involving goalkeeper Jack Butland being shown
repeatedly during his team's win over Swansea City.
Butland escaped punishment for a challenge on Andre Ayew in
the first half of Stoke's 1-0 victory at the Liberty Stadium on
Monday.
The shot-stopper lunged in on Ayew to clear the ball after a bad
touch, with the incident replayed on the screen at the stadium.
Hughes accepted the decision may have gone his team's way,
but he was unhappy with the vision being screened.
"I was a little bit upset that the replay was shown in the
stadium. That shouldn't be allowed. It isn't allowed," he said.
"I didn't appreciate the incident being shown on the videos
around the stadium and to be perfectly honest I thought that
was unnecessary.
"I wouldn't like to think it was deliberate because when those
sort of situations happen it causes a reaction in the crowd and
we had to deal with that for about 10 minutes after the situation
with Jack.
"My view was that he got the ball first."
An early Bojan Krkic penalty was all Stoke needed to secure
their victory away from home as Swansea struggled to create
chances.
Hughes felt his team were largely untroubled by the hosts.
"We had a good plan and executed the plan really well. We were
always a threat," he said.
"We were always keen to break quickly and cause them
problems going the other way, which I thought we did really
well, certainly in the first half.
"They never got any momentum in the game which was
important and we talked about that before the game. We are on
a decent run of form now."
Next up for Stoke is the visit of promoted Watford to the
Britannia Stadium on Saturday.
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