Source: PA
Cotterill unhappy with Dickinson's dismissal
Portsmouth manager Steve Cotterill felt Carl Dickinson should not have been sent off as his side suffered a 3-2 defeat to Doncaster at Fratton Park.
Doncaster raced into a 2-0 lead inside the opening half hour thanks to goals from James Hayter and James Coppinger before Joel Ward and David Nugent levelled it up for the home side with 15 minutes remaining.
David Healy struck the winner 10 minutes from time before Dickinson was dismissed for a lunging tackle.
Cotterill said: "It didn't need to get to that point, it was a free-kick (for a foul) on John Utaka just before it. He got his heel clipped as he was going to clip the ball.
"They nicked the ball and Carl Dickinson, who has run his socks off down that left-hand side, dived in in desperation to get the ball back. He wanted to go and get a winner.
"I don't think (David) Healy's reaction helped. I've never known Healy to be a fighter. He got brave all of a sudden. Dicko is a competitor. He's a competitive boy but I didn't think there was that much in it really."
