Aberdeen has announced it will appeal the red card shown to Ross McCrorie in the 3-1 defeat to St Mirren on Wednesday evening.
The defender received a straight red from referee Grant Irvine just minutes into the tie at Pittodrie. McCrorie was racing towards the St Mirren box and Charles Dunne attempted to block his run, the defender jumped past him and his right arm flew into the Englishman's face.
Irvine awarded a free-kick however just moments later he was ordered to review the footage of the incident again on the VAR screen. After careful consideration he returned to the pitch to brandish McCrorie a red card. Aberdeen players surrounded the official after he was ordered off with interim boss Barry Robson believing the Dons had won a free-kick after thinking Dunne had fouled McCrorie. The home side eventually went down by three goals to one thanks to strikes from Curtis Main and Declan Gallagher.
A club statement read: "The club can confirm it has appealed the red card shown to Ross McCrorie during Wednesday night’s cinch Premiership game against St Mirren at Pittodrie. A further update will be provided once we have been notified of the outcome of the appeal."
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