Hodgson Discusses Zaha's Red Card

After seeing Wilfried Zaha handed a red card in Palace’s 1-1 draw with Southampton, Roy Hodgson admitted Andre Marriner had no choice but to send him off, but also that it was difficult for his player to keep his emotions in check.

Zaha had opened the scoring before James Ward-Prowse equalised for the hosts, but the major talking point came late in the game when the two tangled when the Eagles man reacted to a poor, unpunished challenge on him, sparking off a chain of events that saw the winger red carded and suspended for Saturday’s game with Fulham.

Hodgson is disappointed that one of his key players will be missing, and speaking in his post-match press conference, the Eagles boss discussed…