Gold confirms Noble red appeal
Manager Slaven Bilic and the two bosses have viewed the incident and are convinced they will win an appeal after referee Kevin Friend decided that a ‘nutmeg’ represented reckless behaviour.
The captain had stayed on his feet after avoiding a wicked lunge and then stretched out a boot to stick the ball through an opponent’s legs.
If anything it was a brilliantly determined piece of skill but the referee immediately reached for red to bemuse virtually every player within distance of the event.
Gold told ClaretandHugh exclusively: “We’ve all watched it and it’s not a red. We will definitely appeal it – there’s no doubt about that.”
Manager Slaven Bilic added: ““I watched it after and for me the very simple answer is not a red card, nowhere near a red card.”