Ruben Dias makes admission on Aymeric Laporte's red card in Manchester City defeat

  Ruben Dias has spoken out on Aymeric Laporte's red card in Manchester City's defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday. City faced Palace at home on Saturday and suffered a 2-0 defeat as Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher got their names on the scoresheet. Following the first-half, Pep Guardiola's side were playing with 10 men as Laporte was shown a red card at the 45+2 minute for his challenge on Zaha.

Aymeric Laporte is shown a straight RED CARD 😮

This rugby tackle was never going to end well 😬 Already trailing 1-0 at home, it goes from bad to worse for Pep Guardiola and Man City. LIVE | https://t.co/hHAnF58GZb#PL #OptusSport pic.twitter.com/ETO93FQ2IU — Optus Sport (@OptusSport) October 30, 2021

    Following the game, Dias said via Joe Bray: "It was a little bit strange to see a red [card for Aymeric Laporte]. I was walking back thinking it was a yellow. I never thought he [the referee] would go for a red but we have to accept it."

Ruben Dias: “It was a little bit strange to see a red [card for Aymeric Laporte]. I was walking back thinking it was a yellow. I never thought he [the referee] would go for a red but we have to accept it." [via @_joebray]

— City Xtra (@City_Xtra) October 30, 2021

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