A furious Ian Baraclough was left “appalled” by a red card shown to Jamal Lewis which he felt proved decisive as Northern Ireland’s World Cup hopes were to all intents ended by a 2-0 defeat in Geneva.
Lewis was shown a second yellow in the 37th minute of the match with Switzerland when the referee, Slavko Vincic, decided the 17 seconds he took over a throw-in was too long.