Steve Bruce stands by Herita Ilunga comments

STEVE Bruce is adamant he had every right to criticise the conduct of West Ham's Herita Ilunga for his part in Kenwyne Jones's sending-off last weekend.

Bruce earned the wrath of Hammers' assistant manager Steve Clarke this week after he accused Ilunga of play-acting in order to ensure Jones was shown a red card. That prompted Clarke to counter that Bruce should not be talking about opposition players, while also attacking what he saw as the persistent fouling of Black Cats skipper Lorik Cana during the game and arguing Ilunga was nothing more than "an innocent victim. Maybe I am not supposed to talk about other people's players," said Bruce, with more than a hint of sarcasm.

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