Crewe manager’s fury at Frankie Kent’s potentially ‘leg-breaking’ challenge

Kent lunged in on Crewe’s Luke Murphy in the early stages of the second-half, but was shown a yellow card by referee Carl Boyeson.

Posh were 2-0 up thanks to goals from Sammie Szmodics and Jonson Clarke-Harris at the time, but the decision could still be described as critical.

Artell told the Evening Express: “Goals change games and we’ve conceded twice in almost identical fashion twice. For that to happen once is bad, but for it to then happen again a few minutes later is criminal.

“We have to make sure we understand why the game went away from us and didn’t get back into it. We didn’t use our brains enough and we’ve got to be better – it’s as simple as that.

“But the game should have changed on 47 minutes when their lad made a ‘broken leg’ tackle and yet the referee gave a yellow card.

“We had a lad with a broken leg in midweek and we’ve just seen another ‘broken leg’ tackle this afternoon and yet the referee gives a yellow card.

“If he doesn’t think that’s reckless and endangering an opponent…

“It’s only because an experienced midfielder gets out of the way of it. It’s an horrific challenge.”

Crewe’s Ollie Finley broke his leg in Crewe’s 1-0 win at Shrewsbury on Tuesday.

Crewe dropped two places to ninth after today’s defeat.