EPL Breaking News: Gary Cahill looses out on red card appeal
Bolton's star defender Gary Cahill has had an unsuccessful appeal denied by the English Football Association. The player took to the FA's decision to court after receiving a red card against Arsenal in a Premier League match on Saturday.
On the sixty fourth minute the player was shown a straight red card, for a tackle that seemed to be a fraction late. When the player was shown the red the Bolton and Arsenal squad were left feeling rather surprised by the referee's decision. His case was however entertained by the regulatory commission.
In a statement released by the FA, it was stated that:"At a regulatory commission hearing, a claim for wrongful dismissal from Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill was dismissed.
"As a result, Cahill's three-match suspension will remain and will be served with immediate effect."
This means that Cahill will not be available for Bolton' weekend trip to Aston Villa, for the teams Carling Cup match against Burnley and for the match against Manchester United.
This match suspension, would act as a major draw back to Owen Coyle's plans for the future. This is because Coyle is well aware of the impact and importance that Cahill has on the side. The most notable difference was that Arsenal were only one goal up before Cahill was shown the red, however they went on to score two more after the player was given his marching orders.
Owen Coyle was reported to have said after the game: “I don't think it merited a red. All of a sudden we were playing Arsenal with 10 men, and it is difficult at the best of times with 11.
"We had put so much into the game that at that time we looked like the team who would get the equaliser."
However there is some positive to all of this, at least the FA didn't impose an extra one game ban on the player for having a failed appeal in the court. This was due to the fact that the FA did not think of the appeal as an act of rebellion or anger but as an honest appeal instead.
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