Dartford manager Ady Pennock on red card for Ikechi Eze in 1-1 draw at Aveley in Isthmian Premier

Dartford manager Ady Pennock had no complaints over their latest red card.

A moment of madness from Ikechi Eze saw the midfielder dismissed against former club Aveley on Saturday.

Eze needlessly raced in after a poor challenge on team-mate Eddie Dsane and struck Aveley’s Albie Armin on the top of the head.

Both players were sent off, Armin for the foul and Eze for his reaction.

“100 per cent,” responded Pennock, when asked if Eze got what he deserved. “Yes, there’s no problem at all with the decision.

“But the job was done as it was a terrible challenge on Eddie. The Aveley player was going to get a red card anyway but as soon as you put hands to people’s faces, then there’s no complaint.”

Eze will be punished internally for his part in the incident but it’s a fifth red card in just away games for Isthmian Premier.

While some of the decisions have been questionable, Eze left the referee with no option this time around.

“I'm not going to go into the details because it will be dealt with,” said Pennock. “I’ve told him what will be done and we’ll go from there.

“We’ve had decisions against us this season that haven’t been red cards but that’s a red card all day long.

“The referee was going to do his job anyway and we would have played against 10 men for a lot of the game because that was a horrendous tackle on Eddie.

“I thought there could have been a red card before that as well, that was another bad challenge on Eddie too.”

Dartford are well versed to playing with 10 men this season and they seemed to suffer less disruption than their opponents.

“I thought it helped us a little bit,” added Pennock. “We adjusted really well and I thought there was only going to be one winner after that.

“Obviously, it was 10 v 10, but I