Crystal Palace: Jaydee Canvot branded a ‘disgrace’ as MOTD issue Leeds red card verdict
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(Credit: Imago) Crystal Palace: Jaydee Canvot branded a ‘disgrace’ as MOTD issue Leeds red card verdict Mon 16 March 2026 8:56, UK Crystal Palace defender Jaydee Canvot has sparked a wave of “fury” following his controversial reaction to Gabriel Gudmundsson’s red card in the 0-0 draw with Leeds United.The Swede was given his marching orders for a second yellow card in first-half stoppage time, and just moments after Dominic Calvert-Lewin had missed a crucial penalty for the visitors. MOTD in agreement over Gabriel Gudmundsson red Gudmundsson’s sending off at Selhurst Park on Sunday was shrouded in confusion as referee Thomas Bramall appeared to momentarily forget that the defender had already been cautioned when he reached to show him a second yellow card.
The former Lille man was handed his second card after sliding in late on Ismaila Sarr in the middle of the pitch, and Bramall seemingly had to be reminded by his fourth official that he would now have to send him off. It was an incident that drew fury from Wayne Rooney during Sunday night’s edition of Match of the Day, as he ripped into the youngster for his actions.
“This is a disgrace,” the former England international said in his analysis of the incident.“I think to celebrate a player getting a red card, and Canvot doing it like that in his face, that’s wrong.”Rooney and Micah Richards also stressed that they were in no doubts regarding whether Bramhall took the correct decision to send Gudmundsson off. “I actually don’t think it is a yellow card,” Rooney continued“The fact that the referee has forgotten he was already on a card made it a strange situation.”Credit: Match of the DayRichards simply responded by adding “agreed.”Crystal Palace fans raging over Oliver GlasnerCrystal Palace fans have demanded that Glasner is sacked after their team’s latest frustrating afternoon, as they laboured to a drab stalemate on home turf.