Wales manager Chris Coleman refused to condemn Leicester City midfielder Andy King for the tackle which earned him a straight red card against Cyprus.
King was dismissed for the first time in his career for a challenge on Constantinos Makridis just after half time with Wales leading 2-1 in their European Championship qualifier in Cardiff.
King has only been booked 12 times in total in his entire career and is very rarely in trouble with officials, and Coleman said he may have to shoulder some responsibility for King's tackle.
"I'm disappointed for Kingy and it's not really his fault," Coleman told the BBC.
"The timing was wrong and he had a red but that's probably down to myself and the staff.
"We've been firing the lads up the last two games. We've been into the lads all week saying 'whatever they give to us, we give to them'.
"I can't blame Andy for that."
