Gabriel Agbonlahor’s red card against Manchester United has been overturned after Aston Villa won their appeal.
The striker was dismissed in the second half of Villa’s 1-1 draw with United on Saturday after a 50-50 tackle with former Villa team-mate Ashley Young, but is now available to face Swansea on Boxing Day.
Villa, though, have been charged by the Football Association with “failing to ensure that its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion” during the game and have until 6pm on 30 December to respond.
The Villa manager Paul Lambert was delighted at Agbonlahor’s reprieve after he was dismissed – for the first time in his career – by the referee Lee Mason. “It is great for us. I said at the time I didn’t think it was a red card and everyone’s assumption was the same,” he said. “Ex-referees have come out and said it wasn’t. So your own common sense told you it wasn’t a red card. Gabby is playing really well at the minute so we hoped it would be rescinded.”
The red was Villa’s second in two games after Kieran Richardson was dismissed in their 1-0 defeat at West Brom.
Richardson is still suspended but Villa have Alan Hutton back after a ban for their trip to the Liberty Stadium. Tom Cleverley is also available following his fifth yellow card of the season.
The striker was dismissed in the second half of Villa’s 1-1 draw with United on Saturday after a 50-50 tackle with former Villa team-mate Ashley Young, but is now available to face Swansea on Boxing Day.
Villa, though, have been charged by the Football Association with “failing to ensure that its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion” during the game and have until 6pm on 30 December to respond.
The Villa manager Paul Lambert was delighted at Agbonlahor’s reprieve after he was dismissed – for the first time in his career – by the referee Lee Mason. “It is great for us. I said at the time I didn’t think it was a red card and everyone’s assumption was the same,” he said. “Ex-referees have come out and said it wasn’t. So your own common sense told you it wasn’t a red card. Gabby is playing really well at the minute so we hoped it would be rescinded.”
The red was Villa’s second in two games after Kieran Richardson was dismissed in their 1-0 defeat at West Brom.
Richardson is still suspended but Villa have Alan Hutton back after a ban for their trip to the Liberty Stadium. Tom Cleverley is also available following his fifth yellow card of the season.
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