Middlesbrough have been boosted by the news that Darragh Lenihan will only miss their Carabao Cup clash with Barnsley on Wednesday evening after being sent off against QPR on Saturday.
There was some uncertainty that the club had to clarify because of the difference in punishment depending on the offence. FA disciplinary rules set out that the 'denial of a goal or an obvious goal-scoring opportunity' is a one-match suspension, whereas a straight red deemed to be 'serious foul play' carries a three-match punishment.
They obviously do not know Bonne...it was nowhere near..."an obvious goal-scoring opportunity".....for Bonne.
In fact he was poleaxed