Leeds' Gudmundsson wrongly sent off at Palace - panel
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The Premier League's Key Match Incidents Panel has unanimously voted that Gabriel Gudmundsson should not have received a second yellow card at Crystal Palace.
The Leeds United defender was sent off by referee Thomas Bramall in first-half stoppage time for a challenge on Ismaila Sarr in the centre circle.
Bramall appeared to forget he had already booked Gudmundsson in the 26th minute, taking several seconds to produce the red card.
The KMI Panel said that there was "minimal contact" and "the challenge was careless and not clearly reckless".
Leeds boss Daniel Farke was annoyed by the decision, which left Leeds to play the second half of the 0-0 draw with 10 men.
"Everyone in the stadium can see [it was the wrong decision]," Farke said. "It was doubtful if it was even a foul. For me, it was a clear mistake."
Second yellow cards are not currently reviewable by the video assistant referee (VAR), so Gudmundsson's red card had to stand.
However, from next season there will be the scope for the VAR to send a referee to the monitor to rescind clearly wrong second bookings.
The KMI Panel unanimously voted that the referee was correct not to show a second yellow card to Palace forward Brennan Johnson in the 74th minute.
It said Johnson's challenge "isn't reckless and doesn't stop a promising attack".
