"It's going to be some game in October," warned Houllier, in regard to England's trip to Istanbul. "The whole thing was started by a bad tackle by Igor Biscan but the guy was not even injured.
"For Steven's dismissal Hakan Sukur grabbed him and pushed him. Steven reacted to it but what Sukur did was very bad. It's never the provocation though in football and it's always the reaction," insisted the Frenchman in an interview with Sky Sports.
"Stevie is a leader of the team and maybe he was frustrated seeing young Mellor get sent-off. He was sent-off for dissent but he never used foul and abusive language, the referee told me he didn't. There will be no suspension."