Jesse Marsch was shown a red card at Brentford on Saturday as Leeds suffered its worst outing of the season in a 5-2 away defeat.
Ivan Toney scored a hat trick as Leeds lost for the second Premier League game out of three.
The American coach cut a frustrated figure throughout but he went too far in the referee’s eyes in the second half when protesting what he thought should have been a penalty for his side.
Marsch got in the assistant referee’s face and appeared to impede him on the sideline, leading to referee Robert Jones to show him a red card.
After the game, Marsch admitted to Match of the Day that he could have been more disciplined but he felt disrespected by the officials.
“I can have more discipline and our team can also have more discipline in these moments, but I also have to think about how to discuss these things,” Marsch said. “I don’t know if it’s with the league or other referees, because things I was told at manager meetings before the start of the season aren’t happening.
Jesse Marsch has spent more time on the pitch than in his technical area this afternoon
He's now spending the rest of the afternoon in the stands as he's sent off
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“That’s really the source of the frustration. I was calm all the time before there’s an egregious act for me. I don’t ever want to get tossed and I don’t want to show disrespect to referees but, when I feel there’s disrespect going in the other direction, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know what to do right now.”
Watch Marsch get shown a red card
Marsch going mental on the touchline and, it seems, impeding the assistant referee.
Not sure if this is what merited the red card.
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