‘I don’t actually care,’ blasts snooker star Mark Allen as he continues row sparked by BBC commentator Shaun Murphy

MARK ALLEN has emphatically deed backmost astatine disapproval of his dilatory play astatine past weekend's UK Championship.

The Northern Irishman is presently embroiled successful a feud with erstwhile satellite champion and BBC snooker pundit Shaun Murphy implicit the clip helium takes earlier playing his shots

Their feud escalated past play successful York pursuing Allen's mammoth five-hour semi-final with Barry Hawkins, which helium mislaid 6-5.

Allen's mean changeable clip during the lucifer was a whopping 31.5 seconds.

He was quizzed astir his changeable clip by Eurosport, with presenter Rachel Casey asking: "You had a marathon lucifer with Barry Hawkins astatine the UK Championship.

"I cognize that your changeable clip was connected the precocious broadside for you. But there’s nary unit connected you, right?"

A bullish Allen replied: "Even that changeable clip means thing to maine due to the fact that I effort my best. I’ll never, ever apologise for giving 100 per cent.

"If that’s 32 seconds connected 1 time oregon 22 connected different day, I don’t really care."

Casey past said: "You’re a Shootout winner, you tin play precise fast, you tin play truly bully stuff."

Allen proceeded to uncover his absorption to the Shootout being a ranking event.

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The Antrim ace said: "I inactive don’t deliberation this should beryllium a ranking event, but it is what it is.

"I inactive travel present and effort to bask it. I emotion the event, it changed my play past year.

"It tin marque oregon interruption a batch of seasons - but it's conscionable a lottery."

Allen continued to treble down connected his staunch defence of his play against Hawkins, saying: “I didn’t spell into that lucifer trying to dilatory it down, perfectly not.

"I effort and cookware each shot I spot and wide the array each accidental I get.”