Overview
- Referee James Linington issued a straight red in the 95th minute after Bobby Thomas kicked out and appeared to flick Phil Neumann, with the assistant believed to have flagged the incident.
- Thomas will miss Coventry’s FA Cup tie against Stoke City and Championship matches against Leicester City and Millwall.
- Frank Lampard said he had not seen the red-card flashpoint but accepted Thomas would be out if guilty, and he insisted Coventry should have had a penalty for a foul on Ephron Mason-Clark.
- Sky Sports’ Jay Bothroyd and former referee Dermot Gallagher said the Mason-Clark incident was a penalty and agreed the dismissal of Thomas was the correct decision.
- Ex-PGMOL chief Keith Hackett also supported the red card, while the defeat left Coventry with two wins in eight and saw Opta trim their automatic-promotion projection to about 89.4%.