Burnley head coach Scott Parker has come out in support of his midfielder Hannibal after he accused Preston's Milutin Osmajić of saying something.
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00:00Just something that was said to Hannibal, inappropriate, which he's reported.
00:06We could clearly see, obviously, he was very distressed in that moment,
00:12and tried to firstly get some context, what exactly has happened,
00:16because obviously he was very emotional, so tried to get some context on exactly what happened.
00:19He explained to me what was said, and at that moment, just finding out about him, how he is,
00:25and where he was in his headspace, and what he wanted us to do.
00:29So, yes, it will go down to process now. We'll see.
00:35I thought the officials were brilliant in terms of how they dealt with it.
00:38I thought they were spot on. I thought the way they handled it, and dealt with the whole situation,
00:43was first class to them.
00:45Did he want to come off? Did it look like a signal that he wanted to come off?
00:47No, he didn't. He didn't want to come off.
00:49Obviously, I was conscious. First time this ever happened to me as a coach.
00:52I've never been involved in a player reporting to me, or that incident taking place,
00:57so there was a lot of factors, what was going through my head.
01:00But he reacted in the right way, considering what was said.
01:04I honestly don't know. All I know is what Hannibal said to me.
01:09I've worked with Hannibal now for seven months, and don't get me wrong, he's an emotional guy,
01:17and he's a diamond of a kid, and he's not a liar.
01:21What he heard, and what he's repeated back to me, he doesn't want to see that.