Winter tells FA to clamp down on Bolton's Diouf

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Diouf was fortunate to escape with just a yellow card for a horror challenge on Liverpool's Alvaro Arbeloa and Winter wants rules changed because that means the authorities are unable to punish him as the match officials dealt with the offence on the pitch.

Winter: 'Sooner or later Diouf (right), or a player like him, is going to seriously hurt someone or even end their career'

He fears that if the former Liverpool forward does not tone down his antics he will break a player's leg or bring an early end to their career.

Winter described the tackle as "an assault" and added: "One of these days someone is going to get their leg broken and have their career ended by a stupid tackle that could have been prevented.

"Anyone who has ever played football knows that you cannot win the ball by jumping into a challenge and the sooner the FA get tough on this kind of crime the better.

"Referees should show straight red cards for two-footed lunge tackles - and there should be no exceptions. That would stamp it out completely. Even if it means we have games spoiled because there are so many red cards being shown, then so be it."

And Winter also told The Sun: "I don't want to take any of the heart and commitment out of the game but these challenges are like physical assaults.

"It's frustrating because it is blatantly obvious that on a Monday morning the authorities are not going to take any action. If the ref has already cautioned a player, it is not in the FA's power to do any more about it.

"They won't upgrade a yellow to a red, even if the player deserves it - which, to me, is a complete disgrace. Diouf's challenge, for example, earned him a yellow card when it should have been a red.

"But, to be honest, that tackle was so bad it deserved a six-match ban — let alone three games. They should hammer him.

"Sooner or later Diouf, or a player like him, is going to seriously hurt someone or even end their career. The FA would certainly have charged Diouf with violent conduct yesterday had the ref not seen it. Instead, because the ref has dealt with it, the authorities won't lift a finger and it's farcical."