Stoke boss Mark Hughes insists he would be "astounded'' if Charlie Adam is punished for his clash with Alexis Sanchez.
The midfielder initially appeared to stamp on Arsenal forward Sanchez in Stoke's 3-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
Stoke are yet to hear for the Football Association over whether they will take any retrospective action but Hughes does not expect anything to happen.
"I would be absolutely astounded if any charge was forthcoming, it's not warranted,'' he said.
"At the time it's very quick. When you see the slow motion frame-by-frame, people jump up and down, but in real time the lad [Sanchez] has fallen across Charlie's path and he hasn't had time to take evasive action.