Souness upset with Villa defender

The Rovers manager was aggrieved by the behaviour of Villa's veteran defender, who he felt tried to influence the referee into sending off youngster James McEveley for a tackle on Villa full-back Mark Delaney.

"I'm extremely upset with Johnsen," he said.

"I thought he was a proper player. But he wanted our young player to be sent off.

"It was two young lads going for the ball and Johnsen raced over to the ref to tell him to send our player off.

"I always thought he was a proper player but now to me he's just another Jonny Foreigner - and there are a few of those around."

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