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Narcis Pelach reveals why Gavin Ward ruled out Junho's Stoke City 'winner' at QPR
Stoke City boss Narcis Pelach said that referee Gavin Ward ruled out Junho Bae's late goal at Queens Park Rangers on Saturday because the South Korean supposedly handballed on his route to goal. Stoke were made to settle for a 1-1 draw with the Championship's basement club, after a Ben Gibson own goal cancelled out Tom Cannon's excellent opener, but Junho struck in the final five minutes to send the away end into raptures.
Those celebrations were abruptly stopped after the ref pulled the play back and awarded QPR a free kick, having adjudged Junho to have committed a foul while he dribbled towards the penalty area before unleashing a powerful strike beyond the hosts' goalkeeper Paul Nardi.
While many managers can often publicly vent their frustrations with officiating calls which prove to be against their side, Pelach refused to take such a stance, instead intimating that he wishes for his side to become a squad which is excuse free and win the game without leaving any doubt.
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"The referee said it was a handball, in the first contact," he said. "This is what he said, but I don't want to go into it - I just want my team to do everything they can in order to try and win games. I don't want them to go into the culture of excuse. It is what it is, we take it, we go into the next one and we have to do more if we want to win.
"The referee whistled what he saw, he whistled late, but I don't want to go into it. He must've seen a handball. We just have to go into the next game. I understand the fans' frustrations because it would have been an amazing three points. We must focus only on what we can control."
For a side bottom of the league and winless at home this season, QPR gave as good as they got. Indeed Viktor Johansson was called upon on a number of occasions in either half and centre halves Gibson and Ashley Phillips had to make important challenges to keep the Hoops at bay over the course of the afternoon.
"The QPR pitch is one where the ball goes very fast from one box to the other, so it's very quick," Pelach reflected. "We had to defend our box a lot, which is what I expected before the game, knowing that they are in need to get points. My team never lost the face, we were always there to defend another cross, another shot.
"The competitive levels of the team today were very good. We got a point on the road which is a positive, yes we could have won at the end, it didn't happen, but I was pleased with the effort from a young team today.
"For me, the most important thing is to protect the togetherness of the squad. We value every point we get in the Championship - I've been in it long enough to know every point is valuable, no matter who you play. When we arrived, we said we must become a team which is hard to beat. We're getting there step by step, but it's about what we do today and what we can do tomorrow.
"We told the players we were pleased with the effort for the shirt, for themselves, for the team, the club and the fans. We must have that connection across all, and above all the energy and passion must be very big in every game - I saw that here, but I want more on Tuesday."
