Premier League boss facing FA punishment after claiming ‘smaller’ clubs are being targeted by referees

IPSWICH manager Kieran McKenna faces an FA rap aft claiming “smaller” Premier League clubs are targeted by referees.

McKenna was furious astatine the archetypal of 2 yellowish cards ref Rob Jones gave defender Axel Tuanzebe in Saturday’s 1-1 gully astatine Aston Villa.

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Kieran McKenna slated what helium reckons was a harsh archetypal booking[/caption]

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Axel Tuanzebe earned a yellowish paper McKenna reckons was ne'er a foul[/caption]

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Tuanzebe past saw reddish for this situation connected Jacob Ramsey[/caption]

He blasted: “I didn’t deliberation it was a foul. Even if it was a foul, I deliberation it was a determination fixed against a smaller squad against a bigger squad distant from home.

“It (the yellowish card) was retired of the pouch earlier the shot adjacent stopped rolling.

“I thought that was a truly mediocre yellow. The 2nd one, there’s not excessively galore complaints.”

FA bosses privation to clamp down connected disapproval of refs.

And ex-Prem whistler Dermot Gallagher told Sky Sports: “As a referee, you are truthful focused connected what you person to do.

“You bash not person clip to think, ‘This nine is bigger than this club’. It would not transverse your mind.”

Tuanzebe saw reddish arsenic aboriginal successful conscionable the 40th infinitesimal for his 2nd booking.

The defender brought down Jacob Ramsey on the borderline of the area.

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Defender Tuanzebe was gutted to spot reddish astatine Villa Park[/caption]

Liam Delap past stunned Villa by turning location Omari Hutchinson‘s cross 11 minutes into the 2nd period.

But with the location fans increasing successful frustration, Unai Emery‘s men yet nicked a constituent midway done the period.

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Loanee striker Marcus Rashford, who came connected astatine the break, hit the barroom with a free-kick and Ollie Watkins gobbled up the rebound.

The constituent lifted Ipswich to 3rd bottommost – supra Leicester.

But triumph would person enactment them level connected points with Wolves.

McKenna said: “A truly bully coagulated archetypal 40 minutes, beauteous overmuch Even Stevens, past down to 10 men.”

And of Tuanzebe’s archetypal booking, helium added: “Anyone tin marque a mistake but I deliberation it’s much however rapidly the yellowish came out.

“Even if it was a foul, truthful galore times this play I’ve not seen a yellowish connected the archetypal foul astatine all. And I don’t deliberation it was a foul. I deliberation helium got the ball.

“If you’re booking a full-back for thing similar that distant from home, you person to beryllium close connected the archetypal foul, due to the fact that you cognize it’s going to beryllium a existent hard crippled from past on.”