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Ramos in red card fury

03 Dec 2007 - 07:58:52

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Tottenham are likely to appeal to the Football Association after Robbie Keane was controversially sent off in Sunday's 3-2 home defeat to Birmingham City.

The Republic of Ireland international was dismissed by Phil Dowd for an ugly tackle on Fabrice Muamba, but it appeared that the referee consulted the fourth official and linesman before making his decision.

Spurs boss Juande Ramos said: "The sending-off was harsh. In this type of incident the referee would normally show a yellow card, it certainly wasn't red.

"The referee was very close by. It was very unfair.

"I don't know what happened but the closest person to the incident was the referee. Anybody else was a lot further away."

Keane protested his innocence after the match, saying: "The two of us went for the ball and I went in with one foot, which you can clearly see on TV and after that it was a tangle.

"You could see the ball changed direction and I think people know that I'm not a malicious player.

"I was very surprised and hopefully it will be looked at. I raised my hand because I didn't think it was a bad tackle and felt it was more of a collision.

I've never been sent off before for a tackle and obviously I'm disappointed - even more because we didn't get anything out of the game."