Marco Silva sends fiery message to FA over red card decision in Manchester United vs Fulham

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Fulham manager Marco Silva thinks Aleksandar Mitrovic should be spared a lengthy ban after he was shown a straight red card for pushing the referee in Manchester United's 3-1 victory in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at the weekend.

Although Fulham opened the scoring shortly after the beginning of the second half, the game was blown open after a chaotic few minutes, which saw Willian sent off for handling the ball and strong protests from Mitrovic and Silva.

In extraordinary circumstances, Mitrovic and Silva were shown straight red cards for their protests, Bruno Fernandes subsequently scored the penalty that had been given and, just a few minutes later, United scored again to make the game 2-1. ALSO READ: United player ratings vs Fulham as Martinez and De Gea good Silva, speaking after the game, vented his frustration at those decisions but he admitted his team need to control their emotions. "We should control the emotions of the game," Silva said. "Of course, we are human, but we have to understand the business and the game.

In that moment, I got a red card before the decision came and if I got a red for being out of my area, I have to accept. "I didn't say anything that should get me a red card.