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Gardner: Midfielder’s dismissal disappointed McLeish during Birmingham’s 1-1 draw with Wolves<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Alex McLeish was ‘annoyed’ by the way Craig Gardner picked up his first yellow card after the midfielder was sent off in Birmingham City’s 1-1 draw with Wolves.<\/p>\n

Birmingham edged a point closer to securing their Premier League status after Sebastian Larsson’s 27th minute goal cancelled out Steven Fletcher’s early penalty for the visitors.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, two minutes after equalising at St Andrews, Blues were reduced to 10 men when Gardner received his second booking for diving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Referee Kevin Friend appeared to get the decision spot on, but McLeish was more upset with Gardner for collecting his first caution following a spat with Wolves midfielder Jamie O’Hara.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disappointing<\/span><\/h4>\n

“Craig was silly,” McLeish told Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I told the players not to react to fouls and we had to be mature about this and let the referee deal with it.”
Alex McLeish<\/em> Quotes of the week<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

“The one for me that really annoyed me is he put his hands up after O’Hara clattered into him, so that was disappointing.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I told the players not to react to fouls and we had to be mature about this and let the referee deal with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As soon as you start that stuff, you get a yellow card and put yourself under big pressure.”<\/span><\/p>\n

McLeish sacrificed Kevin Phillips for Jean Beausejour when Gardner was dismissed and the Birmingham boss was pleased with his team’s response.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: “I’ve got to applaud a fantastic result. There was some grit and, at times, we did quite well with 10 men.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We had to pick our moments as it was not easy to get forward with numbers, but when we picked our moments we looked really dangerous.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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