Taylor Gardner-Hickman "will apologise" if a ball kicked into the City Ground crowd by the West Bromwich Albion midfielder did hit somebody during the match against Nottingham Forest.
The 20-year-old was introduced as a first-half substitute soon after Albion were reduced to ten men as Steve Bruce moved to two banks of four. Ten minutes after being introduced, though, Gardner-Hickman was booked after booting the ball into the crowd moments after being penalised for a tackle on Forest's Philip Zinckernagel.
The move was clearly out of frustration six minutes before half-time and sparked a minor fracas between both sets of players on the far side of the pitch. After the game Bruce moved to defend the Baggies youngster, insisting that there was no malicious intent behind the action and apologised on the player's behalf.
