Premier League panel backs Daniel Farke over Gabriel Gudmundsson red for Leeds United | OneFootball

Leeds United should not have had to face Brentford without Gabriel Gudmundsson, with the Premier League’s Key Match Incidents panel unanimously ruling his Selhurst Park dismissal incorrect, the BBC reports.

It is the second unanimous finding against decisions involving Leeds in a fortnight. Earlier in March the panel reviewed the denial of a penalty for a Luke O’Nien challenge on Pascal Struijk at Elland Road, in a 1-0 defeat by Sunderland.

Gudmundsson was sent off for a second booking after a challenge on Ismaila Sarr. Daniel Farke maintained it was not a yellow-card offence. Referee Thomas Bramall initially appeared to forget the first booking and only produced red after a reminder, and the panel deemed contact minimal and the tackle careless rather than clearly reckless.

Reduced to 10 men, Leeds spent much of the second half defending and drew 0-0. Without Gudmundsson they then laboured down the left in the next game at Brentford, another 0-0.

VAR cannot currently review second yellow cards. From next season, officials will be able to invite referees to revisit clearly wrong second bookings.

Source: yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk