Dundee lose appeal as Yan Dhanda red card for serious foul play v Motherwell is upheld

Dundee have been unsuccessful in their appeal against the red card shown to Yan Dhanda during the Premiership clash with Motherwell last weekend.

Dhanda was sent off during his side’s 1-1 draw after a challenge on Motherwell’s Lukas Fadinger.

Referee Calum Scott showed the midfielder a straight red for serious foul play, to the player’s disbelief.

Dundee took the matter to the Scottish FA and asked for the decision to be reviewed, but an independent panel has upheld the original decision.

Dhanda will now serve a two-match suspension and miss games against Livingston and St Mirren. Dundee will also have to pay a £650 fee after the unsuccessful challenge.

IFAB’s Laws of the Game define serious foul play as: “A tackle or challenge that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality must be sanctioned as serious foul play.

“Any player who lunges at an opponent in challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force or endangers the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.”

Manager Steven Pressley said after the final whistle he hadn’t seen the incident in detail but after reviewing the tackle, the Dens Park club believed they had a case to see the decision overturned.