Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray has said that he was disappointed to be sent off in Crystal Palace's Premier League victory over West Ham United.
Murray scored twice in the 3-1 win, but received his second yellow card in the 69th minute after a poor tackle on Winston Reid.
"Obviously it's great to get a couple of goals but I'm disappointed to get sent off, it was just a reaction and I think the referee was almost waiting to send me off after a few stupid fouls," Murray told reporters. "I gave him that option and he took it.
"We spoke about it at half-time – 'don't make a challenge' – and I managed not to outside the box but it was just a reaction inside the box unfortunately. He just said there'd been a few niggly little fouls and he'd kept having to stop the game so he'd said: 'no more'."
The victory moved Palace up to 12th in the Premier League table prior to Saturday's 3pm kickoffs.
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