Pintado saw red for a tackle on professional whinge machine Savage in the Swans victory at Pride Park – a tackle that saw Savage's pal claim Gorka should receive a 3\/4 month ban whilst Savage himself called it a 'career ending tackle' totally ignoring the fact that he had no treatment at the time.<\/p>\n
Now speaking out for the first time since the tackle Pintado told the Evening Post "I've paid the price for it as I have been out of the team and my team-mates had an opportunity to play in front of me<\/p>\n
"What more can I do? Do I have to go to jail or something?<\/p>\n
"I knew it was my fault but I didn't expect him (Savage) to keep on talking about it," says Pintado. "Before this happened I didn't know who he was. Now I see him everywhere, talking a lot about the tackle in the papers and on the television.<\/p>\n
"I can't explain the tackle. I went to get the ball and I didn't mean to hurt him.<\/p>\n
"On TV it looked worse than what it was. He was on the floor and there was a big reaction from the players after it, but he was not hurt.<\/p>\n
"If he was injured because of it then maybe I understand what he is saying. But he was fine. He got up and was pushing people about, so he couldn't have been in pain.<\/p>\n
"Straight after the tackle I apologised for it. I had my suspension and that should be the end of it. The FA gave me four games and I served them.<\/p>\n
"But he has not stopped talking about it. If he thinks it should have been a longer suspension then that is up to him. I don't care what he says.<\/p>\n
"I'm not a dirty player. I have not been sent off much in my career.<\/p>\n
"There was earlier this season in the cup (against Scunthorpe) but before that maybe once or twice I was sent off for two yellow cards at Granada but that is it.<\/p>\n
"It has been frustrating sitting in the stands watching the team," Pintado explains.<\/p>\n
"I've had to see Shefki (Kuqi), Lee Trundle, Besian (Idrizaj) and Craig Beattie all get a chance to play in that time, so I have to impress the manager enough for him to give me another chance."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pintado saw red for a tackle on professional whinge machine Savage in the Swans victory at Pride Park – a tackle that saw Savage's pal claim Gorka should receive a 3\/4 month ban whilst Savage himself called it a 'career ending tackle' totally ignoring the fact that he had no treatment at the time. Now […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n