'Disgrace' - Wayne Rooney slams Crystal Palace's Jaydee Canvot following incident in Leeds United draw
Wayne Rooney has slammed Crystal Palace’s Jaydee Canvot for celebrating the red card shown to Leeds United’s Gabriel Gudmundsson.
Palace and Leeds played out a goalless draw at Selhurst Park yesterday (March 15), although it was not a flashpoint-free encounter.
On the stroke of half-time, Leeds left-back Gudmundsson was shown a second yellow card after being judged to have fouled Ismaila Sarr.
He had picked up his first booking for bringing down Brennan Johnson, therefore when a second yellow emerged, it marked the end of his afternoon.
Replays of the incident shown as part of TV coverage higlighted that Palace defender Canvot celebrated the decision made by referee Thomas Bramall.
Wayne Rooney weighs in
While on Match of the Day punditry duty, Premier League legend Rooney made his feelings regarding Canvot’s reaction clear.
He said: “[Canvot celebrating] is a disgrace. To celebrate a player getting a red card is wrong.”
Rooney also questioned whether it was in fact the right decision to shown Gudmundsson a second yellow.
He said: “It was strange. I don’t know if it was a yellow card anyway, but the fact that the referee had forgotten he was already on a yellow card, it was a strange situation.
“But if you go back to the foul, I don’t even think it was a yellow card.”
Daniel Farke’s verdict
Whites boss Daniel Farke was candid in his post-match assessment, disagreeing with Bramall’s decision to send Gudmundsson off.
He said: “It was doubtful if it was a foul, it wasn't even close to a yellow card. There was no pace in the tackle, it wasn't a tactical foul, a yellow card.
"When you compare this situation with, for example, the situation in the second half when Brennan Johnson was there with a tackle with more pace, a clear tactical foul, this is not a yellow card. And I'm not asking for a yellow-red card for Brennan Johnson.
"If you have one player less, it means a 10 per cent difference. It influenced the game a lot. Thank God we found a way somehow to find a difference."