Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has been asked by the Football Association to explain the comments he made after Craig Bellamy's dismissal in the Premier league draw at Bolton at the weekend. Bellamy collected two yellow cards in the second half of the 3-3 draw, the first for dissent and the second for a supposed dive, although replays suggested the Manchester City striker was fouled.
Hughes later claimed that referee Mark Clattenburg had joked that he did not like the Welshman at half-time.
"I don't appreciate when the referees coming out for the second half start making comment about who they do or do not like in my team," Hughes said.
"They might be having a laugh and a joke. I have to be careful here as we are talking about integrity."
Hughes has until Dec 22 to respond to the FA's letter regarding his comments and the former Manchester United player has taken the stance that now the Association is involved, his best course of action is to keep his counsel on the matter.
However, he was clearly unhappy on Saturday and his view has not changed.
"I said what I said on Saturday is still on record and I stand by it," he said. "The FA have asked for my version of events so I can't really discuss the matter any further."
Bellamy will miss tomorrow's encounter with Tottenham as he serves his one-match ban.
And fellow wide-man Shaun Wright-Phillips has also been ruled out by an ankle injury which has already made him a doubt for Saturday's encounter with Sunderland.
However, there is some good news for Hughes as Nigel de Jong has recovered after contracting swine flu at the end of last week and the Dutch midfielder is expected to feature at White Hart Lane.
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