Teamtalk Says Penalty Was In The 93rd Minute

The spot-kick, which completed a hat-trick for Stoke winger Liam Lawrence, was awarded by referee Trevor Kettle in the 93rd minute when Barnsley's Kayode Odejayi was accused of pulling Jon Parkin's shirt. </p>

Angry Davey raged: &quot;I'm speechless. I thought the players had won the game, they deserved to win the game. </p>

&quot;I'm already in trouble so I won't comment on the referee anymore.&quot; </p>

But he added: &quot;The referee gave two different versions of the penalty. Take what you want from that. One was a handball, one was a pull. He saw a ball like he saw a free-kick earlier, which wasn't one.&quot; </p>

Stoke manager Tony Pulis had the opposite view. </p>

&quot;I think he's just given Jon Parkin his shirt back,&quot; Pulis smiled. &quot;There's no doubt in my mind but we'll see it on the telly. I think he had it around Jon's neck. </p>

&quot;The referee stopped Liam from taking the free-kick to warn the players to stop pulling and pushing.&quot; </p>

Penalties at either end left the half-time score at 1-1. </p>

Barnsley went in front when Richard Cresswell shoved Jon Macken and Barnsley skipper Brian Howard drove home the penalty. </p>

The lead lasted eight minutes. It took two defenders and one foul to stop Ricardo Fuller. Denis Souza brought him down leaving Lawrence to shoot home the spot kick. </p>

Lawrence hit the bar with a free-kick before the real fireworks began in the second half. Barnsley went 2-1 up when Macken headed in a Devaney centre. </p>

A brilliantly worked free-kick involving Danny Pugh, Fuller and Lawrence ended with Lawrence's second goal of the game from close in. </p>

Barnsley went ahead again with a Macken header, once again from a Devaney cross which keeper Steve Simonsen made a hash of. </p>

Barnsley went down to 10 men when a second foul by Steve Foster brought a second yellow card followed by a red. </p>

The game ended in another controversy with that final penalty call from referee Kettle. </p>

Barnsley boss Davey was delighted with his team's performance. </p>

&quot;The players have been fantastic again,&quot; he said. &quot;They know they've done well enough to win the game. To my mind they have won the game. It's just silence in our dressing room but I have to pick them up.&quot; </p>

Pulis added: &quot;It was a good spectacle. It was good for supporters, not very good for managers. </p>

&quot;We're disappointed. To score three goals away from home and not win a game of football is disappointing. But obviously we were very very pleased at the end to get a late penalty. We're delighted with the way we came back. Barnsley were in front three times. It showed a lot of character.&quot;</p>

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