Yates feels Harriers are now underdogs in the tie

Kidderminster manager Mark Yates says the referee was wrong to send off Chris McPhee as his side battled out a 0-0 FA Cup draw with Fleetwood.

Yates told BBC Hereford & Worcester: "It was a really poor decision and I think the assessors do so I hope the referee will have a look at it.

"There was one immediately in front of us when their player went in studs-high so he has to do both of them."

Fleetwood will host the fourth qualifying round replay on Tuesday.

Yates admitted he had been very disappointed by his side's performance although he admitted it had been the first time in a while they had underperformed.

"You have got to give a massive amount of credit to Fleetwood as they matched us up and were excellent," he said.

"They caused us problems and while we got to grips with it in the second half they had a couple of chances late on.

"But we didn't do enough and didn't take enough responsibility or play as well as we could have done," he added.

When questioned about who Harriers would like to be paired with in the draw for the first round proper Yates said this was the furthest thing from his mind.

"I am not even going there as we have a massive game on Tuesday," he said.

"They will be even bigger favourites now and we have got to make sure we go up there with the right attitude and the belief we can win."

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