Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle fumes over Gary Cahill red card

Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle fumes over Gary Cahill red card

Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle was livid with straight sending-off of Gary Cahill during his side's 4-1 defeat at Arsenal.

The defender was dismissed on the hour mark for a challenge on Maroune Chamakh when the score was 2-1 to the Gunners.

"My initial reaction was the foul was a free-kick or a yellow card but it didn't seem to me a red," said Coyle.

Even Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger had some sympathy: "It was more a dark orange or a light red."

Coyle was also bemused that referee Stuart Attwell did not award a free kick for a foul on South Korea international Lee Chung-Yong.

Coyle added: "Lee was fouled right on the edge of the box, I don't think it was a penalty but it's certainly a free-kick and within two seconds they've played the ball on the counter-attack and we're down to 10 men.

"Anybody that knows anything about football knows that it was clearly a free-kick and then, all of a sudden from a dangerous position we're down to 10 men against Arsenal.

"It's difficult playing 11 v 11 against Arsenal, never mind being a man short. But we should have defended better."

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