Bolton boss Ian Evatt on Port Vale draw, 'wrong' Ricardo Santos dismissal & his red card

Bolton Wanderers picked up a point on the road against Port Vale after playing for almost an hour with 10 men.

Wanderers could have taken the lead early on but Dapo Afolayan's effort was parried wide by Jack Stevens. But the Whites were reduced to 10 men when Ricardo Santos was shown a second yellow card.

Santos was shown his first following Nathan Smith going to ground from a corner. But controversy followed with his second booking by referee Ross Joyce which appeared to be harsh after Ellis Harrison appeared to go to ground easily.

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After the break, Aaron Morley called Stevens into action with a fantastic save. The Valiants were the more dominant side but Trafford came to their aid with a sublime stop from Harrison as Wanderers held out to claim a point.

After the game, Wanderers boss Ian Evatt - who was shown a red card at the break in the tunnel by the referee - gave his immediate reaction to the draw and here's what he had to say.

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“I’m so proud of my team. 10 men for the best part of an hour in this heat, absolutely outstanding. It speaks volumes that their keeper has got man of the match and we’ve had 10 men for an hour in scorching conditions. I’m super proud of how we went about things. We’re a good football team and we’re open, we’re expansive, we’re attacking, we cause teams problems, but I’m more proud of that today than I was Salford on Tuesday or Wycombe on Saturday because when you’re that type of team, you get labelled a soft touch and you get labelled soft and flaky but there was none of that today.

“If this team starts fighting like that the rest of the league’s