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DAVIES PLAYS DOWN TYSON ROW

By Sean Taylor, Press Association Sport

Nottingham Forest boss Billy Davies insists the unsavoury scenes at the end of the clash with Derby did not sour the Reds' first victory in almost six-and-a-half years over their east midlands rivals.

At the end of a week when crowd violence has dominated the football headlines following events at Upton Park involving West Ham and Millwall supporters, there was almost another flashpoint at the City Ground.

At the end of Forest's 3-2 victory, Reds striker Nathan Tyson picked up a corner flag bearing the Forest emblem and waved it in celebration in front of the 4,376 travelling Derby fans in the Bridgford End.

Rams players Dean Leacock and Gary Teale confronted Tyson for inciting the Derby fans behind the goal, sparking the majority of the rest of both squads to rush over and get involved as stewards fought to keep supporters off the pitch.

Davies, whose Forest side defeated Derby for the first time since March 2003 courtesy of goals from Radoslaw Majewski, Dexter Blackstock and Tyson, said: "I didn't see what happened but it doesn't take the edge off the win at all.

"We have beaten Derby for the first time in over six years and the fans should enjoy it because it was a wonderful performance and result.

"I thought we were magnificent in the first half and we absolutely pummelled them."

The Forest boss added: "Like I said, I didn't see the incident but if that's what Nathan has done then I will look at the video.

"I remember the last time Derby were here and Robbie Savage was waving a Derby scarf around.

"There was very little made of that and we hope it will be the same for this.

"We never complained about it or made a fuss because we understood that Derby should enjoy the victory they had here."

Derby manager Nigel Clough also missed the incident involving Tyson.

He said: "I was in the dressing room, which I personally think all managers and benches should be at the final whistle.

"I'm sure the referee was out there and the officials were out there so I'm sure they've seen it and it will all be included in their report."

On the game itself, Clough felt his side were unlucky to be returning to Derbyshire empty-handed.

Forest were 3-0 up at the break but two deflected goals early in the second half from Miles Addison and Jake Livermore, his first since joining the Rams on loan from Tottenham, set up a thrilling finale.

"I thought we were a little unfortunate to come in 3-0 at half-time having created two one-on-one chances ourselves and had a goal disallowed," said Clough.

"I can't remember our keeper having a save to make strangely enough, it wasn't as if our goal was getting peppered and he was pulling saves off left, right and centre.

"We restored a little bit of pride in the second half with an exceptionally good performance and there are positives we can take from the game.

"We had a go in the second half and if you are going to go down then you go down fighting and that's what we did."

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Guardian - John Percy
Billy Davies says Forest's flag-waving Nathan Tyson 'did nothing wrong'• 'Flashpoint came from Derby players,' says manager
• FA expected to charge both clubs and Tyson over incident

The Nottingham Forest manager, Billy Davies, has insisted that Nathan Tyson did "nothing wrong" in waving a corner flag in front of Derby County supporters on Saturday and said he would not fine the striker over the incident, which sparked a brawl.

Davies claims it was Derby's players who provoked the post-match melee involving both teams and has pleaded with the Football Association not to charge Tyson for his behaviour.

The FA is expected to charge both clubs tomorrow with failing to control their players and issue Tyson with a separate misconduct charge after he ran past the 4,000 visiting Derby fans holding a corner flag above his head after Forest's 3–2 victory at the City Ground.

But Davies, a former Derby manager, has reviewed the flashpoint on video and is adamant that Tyson was guilty of no more than over-exuberance.

"Nathan will absolutely not be fined, in my opinion he has done nothing wrong," he said. "The flashpoint came from the Derby players and their coaching staff. If he had been left alone to celebrate nothing would have happened.

"I would never condone Tyson if he was trying to inflame the situation but I simply feel he was celebrating a win over our bitter rivals. There were Forest fans in the upper tier of the stand where Derby's fans were sat and Tyson was looking at them.

"All we ask is that the FA watch the last two games with Derby and look at all the actions of the players that took part."

It is understood Forest are still unhappy that the midfielder Robbie Savage waved a Derby scarf to celebrate his team's win at Forest last season. Savage was not punished for that but has dismissed comparisons. "Last season, I waved a scarf about here in front of our fans – Derby supporters. I've not gone over to any Forest fans," he said. He described Tyson's behaviour as "mindless incitement".

The FA said that the ugly scenes at the City Ground on Saturday, which came four days after there was trouble involving West Ham United and Millwall supporters at a Carling Cup tie, would be investigated "as a matter of urgency".

The Derby winger Gary Teale grabbed the flag from Tyson in an effort to calm the situation. "I don't know what Tyson thought he was doing," Teale said. "OK, it wasn't as serious as what happened at West Ham but it could have turned out as serious as that. If Derby fans had run on the pitch, it could have all kicked off."

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