Oliver Glasner calls for consistency as Bournemouth's Scott escapes red card | OneFootball

Bournemouth escaped punishment for an incident similar to that which saw Palace go down to ten men

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has called for more consistent officiating after yellow card drama took centre stage in their goalless draw with Bournemouth.

Palace defender Chris Richards was shown a second yellow in first-half injury time for tripping Justin Kluivert, not long after Bournemouth’s Alex Scott, who was already booked, escaped without punishment for a foul on Ismaila Sarr, who was driving goalwards.

Glasner felt the decisions should have warranted the same response from the referee.

He said: “I think when there is consistency in [refereeing] a game, then there should be two red cards or no red cards.

Glasner said the fourth official had told him Scott’s foul was not worth a second yellow.

The Austrian continued: “It is either a yellow or it is not. If it is not enough for a second yellow, the Scott foul, then it is not enough for the Chris Richards foul, or it is enough on both sides. This is the only thing I am criticising today.”

Having conceded five in both of their previous matches, though, Glasner said that to earn a draw having been a man down for half of the match would do wonders for Palace’s spirit.

He continued: “We are not full of confidence after these two games which is completely understandable, the more I appreciate what the players showed today, how they performed in the second half, how they defended and also playing forward and creating situations in their box. A great team effort today.

“At the end, we got this point and maybe this gives us our togetherness, our spirit for the upcoming games. It helps today to get a fully deserved draw which we played [45 minutes] with ten men.”