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Watford to challenge FA panel decision to dismiss Etienne Capoue's red card appeal

Watford have confirmed they will challenge an FA independent panel decision to dismiss the club's appeal against Etienne Capoue's red card at Leicester last Saturday.

Capoue was sent off in the dying seconds of the match following a challenge on Leicester's Kelechi Iheanacho.

'We are very disappointed that a majority of the Regulatory Commission has upheld a decision which nearly everyone considered to be an error,' Hornets chairman Scott Duxbury said in a club statement.

Graham Scott shows a red card to Etienne Capoue during Saturday's clash at Leicesteru00a0
Capoue (R) was sent off in the dying seconds following a challenge on Kelechi Iheanacho (L)

'The only process by which we can challenge the decision is via arbitration under rule K of the rules of the Football Association.