Poor old Harry

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry after Paolo Di Canio's act of mercy at Everton.

Rather than bagging a late winner at Goodison Park the mercurial Italian spurned the chance to allow stricken Toffees keeper Paul Gerrard to have treatment.

It was a magnificent and typically unconventional gesture from the striker previously best known for his infamous push on referee Paul Alcock.

But from the manager whose job security is down to results, it looked like praise through gritted teeth.

"I'd be lying if I said I was happy. It was a fantastic bit of sportsmanship. I've never seen anything like that before. It was certainly unusual," said Redknapp.

"I haven't had a go at Paolo. He did what he did and it was a wonderful piece of sportsmanship, considering the sort of things that have been said about him in the past.

"But it was a shock and something very difficult because we all want win, although you don't want to see anyone suffer."

Di Canio merely claimed it "seemed like the right thing to do" but left no doubt that he had passed up the chance of claiming all three points.

"Would I have scored? You can't say for sure, but without the goalkeeper and a big, wide open goal, I'm sure I'd have had a good chance," he said. Me too.