Hughes stands by Bellamy

Craig Bellamy backed by manger Mark Hughes following weekend controversy

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Tuesday, 22, Sep 2009 06:01

By Michael Younger.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes maintains that striker Craig Bellamy will not face any in-house punishment after an altercation with a Manchester United fan towards the end of Sunday's derby.

Hughes has called the incident "something out of nothing", saying: "My take on the situation was basically that Craig wasn't privy to how much time was actually left to enable us to get back into the game so he obviously wanted the guy to get off as quickly as possible and told him so.

"Obviously, the guy has made an aggressive movement towards him. My view, and Craig's view, is that he put up a defensive hand and pushed the guy away, which I think he was right to do as you never know what is going to happen in those situations."

City are still sweating on the availability of Bellamy's striker partner Emmanuel Adebayor, who has served the first of a three-match ban following the raking of Arsenal's Robin van Persie last weekend and is still awaiting the hearing for his improper conduct charge.