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Frustrated pair unite to criticise ‘bad calls’

By Michael Beardmore

REFEREE Tom Nield was not in the good books of either manager as both blasted bad calls in an entertaining draw.
Walsall went ahead through a hotly-disputed free-kick that Erhun Oztumer curled superbly into the top corner from 25 yards after 18 minutes.
Blackpool used the injustice as motivation and deservedly levelled through substitute Viv Solomon-Otabor’s first touch midway through the second half.
It was then Walsall’s turn to fume at Nield as a Jon Guthrie header was harshly disallowed with 20 minutes to go.
Saddlers boss Jon Whitney raged: “It...

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