While the press normally do have an anti-Liverpool bias, I'm not too sure how much you can really read into this. Gerrard is Liverpool captain, he is England vice-captain, he is in a Liverpool side that is challenging for fourth spot, who have a massive game against Man u at the weekend. He got very lucky. He's very intentionally smashed his forearm into the back of michael browns head, he couldn't have had any excuses if he'd seen red, it was just totally unnecessary.
Dindane - Not a regular in a Portsmouth side who are not only going down but are in a dire financial situation. Nobody cares if Dindane gets 3 matches. They do if Gerrard does.
Plus and I think this is the important point, Dindane could at least suggest he was shielding the ball even if it was wild. Gerrard has no such excuse. I didn't see it at the game, but watching the highlights there's no doubt he intended to flatten brown. At 4-0, I think he should have shown some more professionalism.
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