No complaints on Hanley red card but Gray has gripes with Gyamfi reviewpublished at 18:00 BST
FT: Aberdeen 2-0 Hibernian
Hibernian head coach David Gray tells BBC Scotland: “We lost the game which is a game we came into in a really good place.
“I think it will be dominated by decisions that happened within the game. I can’t fault the effort of the players in terms of going down to 10 men.
“I think the sucker punch for us was probably the timing of the second goal. We probably didn’t force Aberdeen to defend enough, even though we were down to 10 men, that’s something we’ll need to look at.
“The second goal was avoidable, the ball is clearly over the line, but the timing of that one killed any momentum we had going in towards the end of the game.”
On Grant Hanley’s red card and resulting penalty, Gray added: “I think he’s unlucky. The timing of it, the wind, I think the initial foul is just outside the box but as Grant fell there is contact and I can see why he gave it. It’s definitely accidental but definitely a foul. That’s one we have to just accept.”
On the red card check for Emmanuel Gyamfi’s challenge on Owen Elding, Gray said: “The biggest thing for me is I saw it at the time and thought it was a foul. The fact the referee missed the foul was hugely frustrating for me.
“When VAR intervene they only do that because they believe it’s a red card. As he goes over, on one hand credit with the referee for sticking to his guns. I’m not one for criticising. They’ve got a difficult job but when you see it again at full speed I think it would be in the soft category but I think it is a red card.
“Sped up it’s a clear contact at the back of the head so for me it’s violent conduct.”
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