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Bilic fumes at inability to contest West Ham's Cresswell red card

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has expressed his frustration against rules denying him the chance to appeal Aaron Cresswell's controversial dismissal against Crystal Palace.

Cresswell was sent off in the second half following two yellow cards in less than a minute.

The Hammers are unable to appeal against the sending-off because FA rules only allow for clubs to appeal yellow cards for cases of mistaken identity.

Bilic said: "I don't understand it when you can appeal against a red card and yet not two yellows.

"The first one was a penalty for us and then the second yellow was just wrong. There are no hard feelings, though, because we won the game."

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