More from BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club panel, discussing Wolves boss Gary O’Neil’s comments following his side’s defeat by Manchester City on Sunday.
Ex-Luton winger Andros Townsend had sympathy for O’Neil’s view: “I understand where he’s coming from – in this instance, the referee is in the VAR box, he’s not in the stadium and feeling the heat of the bigger side, the fans or the world-class players, so I don’t agree with him on this occasion.
“But I agree that there is unconscious bias in football and in any walk of life. You’ll go into the office and say the biggest hello to your manager, and then shake the hands of everyone else and go about your business. That’s just life.”
However, former Premier League striker Chris Sutton disagreed with the Wolves boss: “Seeing that goal [on Sunday], that wasn’t the battle Gary O’Neil should have picked.
“I remember the one at Old Trafford at the start of last season [when Wolves felt they should have been awarded a late penalty], so he may have had a gripe about that, but I didn’t think [City’s goal] was one where there was unconscious bias.”
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