Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran. Photograph by Michael Steele/Getty Photographs.
West Ham United’s possibilities of advancing previous Aston Villa within the FA Cup seem to have been given a lift following the purple card suffered by Jhon Duran.
The Colombian striker was proven a straight purple card after a collision with Newcastle defender Fabian Schar as Aston Villa fell 3-0 at St. James’ Park on Boxing Day.
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Alan Shearer has labelled the purple card ‘harsh’ and Villa are anticipated to enchantment the choice.
Nonetheless, ought to that enchantment be unsuccessful, West Ham will profit, with their FA Cup conflict away at Aston Villa the final of Duran’s three-game suspension.
Duran may even miss Premier League fixtures towards Brighton and Leicester.
West Ham will probably be glad to see Duran lacking of their FA Cup conflict given he scored the winner towards them on the opening weekend of the Premier League season — after being linked with a transfer to the London Stadium over the summer season.
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Villa boss Unai Emery was left raging at referee Anthony Taylor and VAR after Thursday’s loss at Newcastle.
The Spaniard is in little question that Duran shouldn’t have been proven a purple card and made his emotions clear in his post-match press convention.
“For me, not. For me, not. It was utterly not,” stated Emery (through the Impartial).
He continued: “I can settle for perhaps the opposite workforce asking for a purple card, okay. However VAR please, and ensure it as a result of the punishment now could be three matches.
“His response after with the participant over him was ‘sorry, sorry’. Then we will attempt to analyse if he kicked him or not. I believe he didn’t kick him on goal.
“In fact, we’re going to enchantment and hopefully it’s not three matches as a result of it’s a really large punishment for this motion.”
