Birmingham will appeal Kieftenbeld red card

The 28-year-old was shown a straight red card as Birmingham drew 1-1 away at Brendford. 

Monk was not happy with the red card, and has confirmed that the club will appeal the decision. 

'Blues' manager Garry Monk told 'Sky Sports News': "We have to appeal it. You can't see something you know was the wrong decision and not appeal it.

"It was 100 per cent the wrong decision. It happened right in front of me. I actually thought the Brentford player would get booked for feigning an injury.

"There was a coming together but nothing that warranted his reaction. To see the red card was a complete shock. Obviously, that is where we felt aggrieved."

Gary Monk was also shown a red card. 

Monk added: "I don't want to talk about my sending off. I spoke to the ref and he made his decision.

"Twenty-three years in football I don't get everything right, but I know something when I see it. We had to deal with it and we did it well."

Ten-man Birmingham clung on for a hard-earned point in the 1-1 draw at Griffin Park.

Michael Morrison's glancing near-post header gave City the lead after 26 minutes, but Josh McEachran's first senior goal, a free-kick from a tight angle, secured the draw.