[St Charles Owl]

To be fair Slick, whether the challenge was in the firt minute or the 90th, by the letter of the law it was a red card, Bony was through on goal for sure.  The only mistake the ref has made is the mistaken identity in sneding off the  wrong player, but come Monday morning that red will be switched to Dawson and he will be suspended.

I got up at 5.45am to watch this and it certainly killed it as a competitive game, but from a neutral perspective I may get to see a few goals!!

Did Wes Brown get mistakenly sent off for John O'Shea for Sunderland V Man Utd the other week ?

They appealed and both were allowed to play the week after so surely the same will apply to us   

Not the same situation, here is what happened in the Wes Brown incident:

"But because East has said that it was not a case of mistaken identity and that he awarded a foul against Brown, the red card will not then be transferred on to O'Shea, who clearly made the first contact and committed the foul."

The ref said he sent off Brown for a foul, the committee recinded that card after replays showed it was  a bad decision, not because it was mistaken identity.  I believe, but stand to be corrected, that if the ref admits after the game it was mistaken identity, then the card is automatically transferred to the real offender and the  ban is also therefore transferred.  I believe the ref has already admitted his mistake and it is in his report, so unless WBA appeal the validity of the red card, then the red and ban will automatically transfer to Dawson.