Norwich City 1-1 QPR: Thorup Championship reaction and Sainz.
Johannes Hoff Thorup had his say on Norwich City’s 1-1 Championship draw against QPR at Carrow Road – and the news the FA are looking into an alleged spitting incident involving Borja Sainz from the recent Sunderland defeat.
Sainz played the full 90 minutes on Sunday but Thorup confirmed afterwards the FA have contacted the club but are yet to charge the winger after a spicy defeat on Wearside.
The Dane was unable to confirm the incident is of a spitting nature, which if the FA decide to charge Sainz could potentially lead to a six-game ban.
“(What can you tell us, Johannes?) Not really much more than what you’re asking here, than what you’re saying here,” he said. “It came to our attention that something happened, and probably there’s an incident in the game, and we’re still waiting for some evidence and exactly what it is. And of course, when we get to know that, then we find out how to deal with the situation.
“There’s no charge at the moment, and there’s, of course, also the reason why he’s playing, and I also expect that he’ll be ready for the team again on Wednesday (Luton away), but we never know when we have to wait and see if there will come a charge.
“We can probably expect something within the next couple of days. (There is some suggestion it might be to do with spitting. Can you confirm that?) No, I don’t know at the moment. I will go and ask Borja about the situation. The focus was about the game and getting a result here. This just came to my attention in the last day or two. I was not going to do anything about it because on a game day we are concerned about that.
“It is difficult to see if there will come a charge, or if there will be a charge, they can deal with it before the Luton game. I find it hard to believe that that will be the case. But again, we have to wait and see what it is. There’s a lot of ifs at the moment, and we need to find out, but we’ll probably know more tomorrow.”
On the pitch, Marcelino Nunez’s 89th minute finish cancelled out a first half own goal attributed to Ante Crnac.
The Dane spoke to the Pinkun at Carrow Road on Sunday afternoon.
