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Referee not right to send off Fernandes - panel

Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes should not have been sent off in Sunday's Premier League defeat against Tottenham, the Key Match Incidents panel has ruled.

Referee Chris Kavanagh showed Fernandes a red card for a foul on Spurs midfielder James Maddison.

Fernandes has subsequently escaped a three-match ban following a successful appeal from Manchester United.

The KMI panel, made up of five members, includes three ex-players and managers. It unanimously voted the was on-field decision was incorrect.

"Fernandes is reaching, the contact is high but certainly not excessive force or endangering the safety.