Stuart Kettlewell clamped over Celtic red card eruption as Motherwell warned don't waste your money

Marvin Bartley has shut down Stuart Kettlewell for his claims that the red card issues to Motherwell sinner Liam Gordon against Celtic was "so harsh".

It was a tough day at the office for the Steelmen as goals from Luke McCowan, Alistair Johnston and Adam Idah ensured a comfortable win that helped the Hoops move back to the top of the Scottish Premiership. Things would go from bad to worse for Motherwell as Gordon's lunge onIdah was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review at the pitchside monitor after referee David Dickinson originally issued a yellow.

Kettlewell insisted after the full-time whistle that a yellow would have been a fair outcome stating: “We’ve all got an opinion on that type of challenge. I just feel it’s so harsh to give the red card. I think, at the time, the referee has a look at it, he can see that Liam has made contact with the Celtic attacker, but the first thing you see on a screen is still images and it looks bad, of course.

“I spoke to the referee after it in a calm fashion, just to ask what he saw in the challenge. He spoke about hinging the Celtic player’s ankle. But my counter-argument to that is your talking about Liam at full stretch at that point, not really with any force whatsoever trying to get a toe-end on the ball. I acknowledge he doesn’t get that toe-end on the ball, but I don’t think he’s come in with any reckless intent or trying to injure the Celtic player.

“We can look at these things a million times on the screen. I think the referee got it right at the time when he gave a yellow card."

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