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Angry Sherwood kicks bottle and snaps hamstring

Football - Aston Villa v Sunderland - Barclays Premier League - Villa Park - 29/8/15 Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood before the match Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Ryan Browne Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood snapped his hamstring during his side's 2-2 draw with Sunderland after kicking out at a water bottle in disgust at the referee denying a penalty. "I've done my hamstring. I never did it as a player, I have now done it as a manager," he told the Villa website (www.avfc.co.uk) after Saturday's match. "I was going to kick bottles forward but there were too many people so I thought I'd be polite and backheel them and snapped my hamstring. It feels bad," he added. "I must have looked like a spoiled brat. I tell my kids not to behave like that. Before today I thought I had calmed down." The incident was triggered when Spanish midfielder Carles Gil, a second half substitute, was booked for diving instead of being given the penalty in the Premier League game at Villa Park with the score level at 2-2. Villa had dominated the final half hour against bottom of the table opponents. "We have been robbed," Sherwood told reporters. "It definitely should have been a penalty... my team couldn't have done any more today." (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Sudipto Ganguly)