COMMENTARY
As a defender the last thing you want to do is make the referee make a difficult decision but that was exactly what Nottingham Forest’s Yohan Benalouane did in their clash against Sheffield United. WIth Gary Madine charging down on goal the defender went to ground to try and get the ball but missed, catching the Blades’ forward with minimal contact. However, the referee judged Benalouane to be Forest’s last man and as such handed the centre back his marching orders, leaving his side in the lurch. As a couple of the fans state on Twitter, it was a harsh red card but at the same time it was seriously poor defending from the Tunisian international. Had he stood Madine up he could have got reinforcements in to try and win the ball back. Instead he took matters into his own hands and paid the price, picking up his second red card of the season. A lesson to be learned for the 32-year-old – although at that age, you would expect him to know not to make such silly decisions already.
This is Futbol has gathered a selection of the supporters’ tweets:
Clear last man and red card.
Benalouane couldn't clear his own garden. The more games he plays, the more he gets shown up.
Milsoveic is easily the better of the two but sits on #NFFC bench.
— Jax (@CarnorJax87) April 19, 2019
Hahahah how you get out paced by him!
— Aaron (@Allsebrook94) April 19, 2019
His decision making is poor.. awful defending, but was never a red card as covering players had got back.
— Nick Miles (@NickMMiles) April 19, 2019
Definitely a https://t.co/6GUKHz8uLp boy defending
— Darren Stentiford (@DarrenStentifo2) April 19, 2019
Why didn’t he just stand the payer up? That was schoolboy defending. ??????? #nffc
— Andrew Bougourd (@gsyandy) April 19, 2019
Benalouane is awful anyway, only ever looks good when he’s playing alongside Milosevic ??????????? #NFFC #MONOut
— Tom (@Jones1503) April 19, 2019
Red has changed the game completely but it was a red imo. Stupidity from Benalouane. MON days are numbered I’m afraid. Karanka’s Forest would have beaten these. #nffc
— Phil (@bullyphil) April 19, 2019
Benalouane is constantly a red card waiting to happen… #nffc
— Hannah Forest ???????? (@hannahforest) April 19, 2019
Benalouane is a liability. Said it before. He can't be near our team. #NFFC #shambles
— Antony Jackson (@DJsenorcoconut) April 19, 2019