After fouling the Ghanaian winger and pushing Fatawu to the ground, Andre Dozzell received two yellow cards in a row, which raised doubts in Ainsworth’s mind.
Abdul Fatawu gets a red card after Andre Dozzell pushes him over.
Abdul Fatawu was accused of gamesmanship by QPR’s fired manager Gareth Ainsworth for his role in Andre Dozzell’s red card.
Harry Winks’ late goal helped City defeat the Championship relegation contenders 2-1, even though the home team had been relegated to ten men. After rashly stopping Fatawu’s run outside the area on the hour, Dozzell and the Ghanaian engaged into a pushing fight that resulted in the midfielder for QPR receiving two yellow cards in quick succession.
Following the first foul, Fatawu stood up and gave Dozzell a push, which caused the City winger to fall to the ground. Although Ainsworth claimed the teenager was being dishonest, he felt his own player was foolish to fall for it.
After the game, Ainsworth told the reporters, “Naivety has cost us.” Later, the Londoners fired him in response to suffering their sixth consecutive defeat. We implemented a plan, and I believe it was effective. However, you face a Premier League team at the top of the league, and you need 11 men to win.
“There wasn’t much in the game until Andre succumbs to Fatawu’s deceptive maneuver. I believe we need to take that lesson to heart. I will be Seeing Tyson Fury tonight, I doubt we’ll witness a knockdown quite like that.
That was worthy of another yellow card. Even though we knew it would be difficult, it still required a world-class goal to defeat us.
I’m pleased with how I performed.
It’s naivety, not stupidity. Andre has only responded in the exact way that Fatawu desired. Although I don’t think the push was strong enough to knock him down, the referee is forced to award a second yellow card because he is now down.
All day, Fatawu was a nuisance, but Stephy Mavididi of the other team scored the opening goal and then set up Winks for the winner. As a result, City continues to lead by 14 points inside the sites of promotion.
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