A frustrated Robert de Pauw felt the “wrong decision” to send off his Aston Villa side’s left-back Paula Tomás changed their Women’s Super League game against Brighton.
With the score at 2-2 after Rachel Daly had scored twice for Villa, either side of close-range finishes from Nikita Parris and Pauline Bremer for the home side, Brighton were awarded a late penalty. Tomás was adjudged to have blocked Kiko Seike’s run in the area and Villa reacted with shock and dismay when the Spain left-back was shown a red card.