Portsmouth's midfield enforcer Aaron Mokoena has accused Jermain Defoe after the England international was dismissed for stamping on Mokoena's leg. The South African international says challenges of that type should not occur in the Premier League, although he confirmed Defoe did apologise after the match.

"He's a committed player, but that one was out of this world," said the Portsmouth skipper.

"Jermain has a bright future in the England squad, but what he did was embarrassing. He did apologise to me after the game.

"You can go for tackles, but not like that. I'm very good in tackles and in nailing people, but it's all about your timing and not trying to injure players.

"But what he did was a cheap shot. You can't do that in this league. It's just crazy.

"I had a chat with him after the game and he thought I was going to nail him first, but I was going there to get the ball.

"There was nothing I did wrong, so it was a bit cheap from him.

"He said to me the referee was against him the whole game. That's his view. I didn't see that at all."