Brighton player sees red for tripping the referee

Brighton went down to Bolton in the Championship yesterday, but the referee went down after being tripped up by a frustrated Ashley Barnes.

By Declan Whooley

Referee Nigel Miller instantly reached for the red card after the Brighton played upended the man in the middle with only seconds remaining in the game.

Manager Gus Poyet claimed he did not see the incident, and that isn’t a ‘Wengerism’, he could be forgiven for not seeing the incident in real time, but did say after the game he will be reviewing what happened.

“I'm desperate to jump on the bus to see the DVD and to talk to Ashley Barnes,” he said afterwards.

When he sees the clip, we think Barnes can expect a hefty fine for his petulance.

Hat-tip to 101greatgoals.