Saad ends match in tears as Port smack Blues

Carlton defender Adam Saad has breached down into tears connected the seat aft his side's latest humiliating loss, this clip astatine the hands of a rampant Port Adelaide side.

The Blues started brightly successful seasoned Marc Murphy's 300th vocation match, but were pulled backmost successful stunning manner arsenic Port rammed connected 19 unanswered goals to tally retired 21. 14. (140) to 5. 15. (45) winners astatine the Adelaide Oval.

The heartbreaking infinitesimal involving Saad, who joined the nine past off-season, came successful the dying seconds of the match.

Saad took objection to a precocious deed from Port youngster Zak Butters aft helium had kicked a shot retired of the Blues' antiaircraft 50 and charged astatine Butters, knocking him to the turf, resulting successful a escaped footwear and a extremity to Port Adelaide.

Cameras showed Saad seemingly sobbing connected Carlton's seat aft Port Adelaide's 19th consecutive extremity (Fox Footy)

After Dan Houston kicked the Power's last goal, cameras panned to Saad connected the Blues bench, who looked to beryllium sobbing arsenic helium was spoken to by a nine doctor.

The embarrassing nonaccomplishment is definite to intensify the unit surrounding Carlton manager David Teague, whose manager Liam Pickering slammed the media's sum of his client.

"It's been a vicious, deliberate and nasty onslaught connected a young manager successful my view," Pickering told SEN's Off The Bench anterior to Carlton's Round 22 match.

"I deliberation [the sum of Teague has] been perfectly disgusting. These journos and different radical wouldn't person the guts to bash that to Alastair Clarkson oregon anyone with a elder portfolio.

Murphy collected 24 disposals successful his 300th crippled earlier being chaired disconnected by Patrick Cripps and Ed Curnow (Getty)

"They prime connected a young manager who's coached little than 2 afloat years and marque it each astir him. I deliberation it's a disgrace to beryllium perfectly honest."

Despite being nether declaration for 2022, Teague's aboriginal has looked progressively uncertain arsenic Carlton's play sunk deeper and deeper into the abyss.

While the effect was disastrous for Carlton, it vaulted Port Adelaide into a apical 2 spot aft the Bulldogs' nonaccomplishment earlier successful the day.

The Power volition look the Bulldogs successful a blockbuster Round 23 lucifer adjacent week, with the victor apt to person a location qualifying last to unfastened the post-season.

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