Brighton boss Chris Hughton insists Kyle Walker should've been sent off during their FA Cup semifinal defeat to Manchester City.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh was involved in a first-half incident with Walker, which saw both players yellow carded after going to VAR, but Hughton felt the City full-back shouldn't have remained on the field.

He said, “At the time I didn't know, I was too far away to see, but I've seen it a few times since and I do think it should have been a red card.

“We ask for players to be honest, and I'm quite sure if Alireza goes down clutching his head, for that moment there would have been a different outcome.

“You have to look at the action — the heads are together, and what I do accept is that there isn't distance between them, so in regards to him hurting Alireza, that wasn't the case.

“But if you're looking at aggression from one player to another, then that certainly would have been a red card on other occasions."