Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has said that West Bromwich Albion winger James McClean "lost his head" when he flew into a tackle that got him sent off during Saturday's Premier League game.
McClean was shown a straight red card by referee Mike Dean in the first half for a rash challenge on Adam Smith, who later went on to open the scoring at The Hawthorns.
West Brom equalised through Gareth McAuley, but Bournemouth were able to secure a third straight win from the penalty spot through Charlie Daniels before Salomon Rondon was also dismissed as the Baggies finished with nine men.
Speaking to reporters after the match, Howe said: "Whenever you come here, to get three points, under the conditions you are faced with, it is a huge three points and take nothing away from the lads.
"The fact it was against 10 men doesn't really change their threat from set pieces. It is a great win for us. It was hard to create chances first half - anyone who sees us consistently will say we are a side that creates more chances than today.
"Personally I thought [McClean] was a red card. They came together just seconds before that tackle and James just lost his head a little bit and seemed to go over the ball from my angle so I wasn't surprised when the red card came out."
Nine points out of nine in the last two weeks mean that Bournemouth are 14th in the table, five points above the drop zone.
Pascal Lemesre
