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Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson unhappy with build-up to Sheffield United's FA Cup winner

Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson believes the FA Cup clash with Sheffield United should have been stopped in the build-up to Tommy Doyle's winner when Tyler Morton went down with a head injury.

Doyle fired the Blades into last four with a stunning injury-time winner against Blackburn, to complete an amazing turnaround, with United heading out, trailing to goals from Ben Brereton Diaz and Sam Szmodics, either side of Sam Gallagher's own goal, until the final 10 minutes.
Oli McBurnie got the Blades level in the 81st minute before Doyle's heroics booked a first FA Cup semi-final spot for the Blades since 2014 in a thrilling tie.
But Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson was not happy with the build-up to the goal when Morton went down with a head injury after a challenge from Iliman Ndiaye.
"The head injury for Morton, they say it was only a finger in the eye, but he would have been standing in that zone where the goal came from," the Dane said. "Imagine if it was something really serious.
"I said to the referee, 'Normally, you stop a game with a head injury'. I think he knows it. It's OK.
"Of course it should have been stopped, that's the rules, isn't it? It's a big moment, imagine if there is something really dangerous. You can't run when you can't see out of your eye.
"I'm thinking about consequence, what the consequences could have been.
"Imagine that, it could have been extremely serious. We all know with a head injury you need to stop immediately, it could be very dangerous."

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