Results tagged “red card”
West Ham squandered a two-goal lead for the second away game in succession as they ended all-square with fellow strugglers Hull.
The Irons salvaged a point with a late equaliser from Manuel Da Costa but should have left the KC Stadium with so much more.
West Ham emerged from a fractious encounter against Italian side Napoli relieved not to have added to their injury list.
What should have been a celebratory match degenerated into an ugly encounter as the visitors employed a less than friendly approach, culminating in one of their players being sent off for a bad challenge on Herita Ilunga.
THE BLUES have hit Upton Park and the Irons desperately need to improve if their season isn’t to fizzle out into a disappointing anti-climax.
But there was good news of sorts this week when the FA overturned a red card handed out to Lee Bowyer during Saturday’s (February 9) lacklustre 1-1 draw with Birmingham City.
With Birmingham scrapping for Premier League survival the game degenerated into a niggly affair, not helped by referee Mark Clattenburg’s performance. He compounded a poor afternoon by mistakenly sending off Bowyer, although that decision was overturned on Tuesday (February 12).
