Redknapp slams Thatcher after Mendes suffers seizure

PORTSMOUTH boss Harry Redknapp launched a fierce attack on Manchester City’s Ben Thatcher after revealing Pedro Mendes suffered a seizure following the defender’s challenge on him at Eastlands.

Mendes was stretchered off and will spend the night in a local hospital after being flattened by a forearm smash across the head by the former Wales international five minutes into the second half of tonight’s goalless draw at Eastlands.

Thatcher had already pole-axed Kanu, Sean Davis and Benjani Mwaruwari before his assault on Mendes, which amazingly only brought a yellow card from referee Dermot Gallagher.