Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has said he was sent to the stands for protesting against a decision by referee Anthony Taylor in his side's 4-0 loss to Tottenham Hotspur.
Hughes was sent off in the first half at the bet365 Stadium for stepping out of his technical area to protest what he thought was an initial foul on Jonathan Walters, in a game that also saw Marko Arnautovic booked for diving.
The Welshman, who handed debuts to Wilfried Bony and Bruno Martins Indi, said: "I saw on TV them maybe saying I came out of my technical box, came back in and swore, which I didn't," Hughes said. "I was already sent off at that point before I even engaged with [fourth official] Jon Moss.
"I came out of my technical area, I was upset and felt the assistant referee hadn't flagged for a clear foul and the referee then thought it was the right decision to book Marko when he was just trying to take evasive action.
"There were two decisions I thought should have gone our way so I reacted in a forceful manner. When you come out of your technical arena, it's not allowed, sometimes you forget that. Mr Moss, bless him, decided that warranted a sending off, which, by the letter of the law it did, so I have to hold my hands up.
"In my view it was [a foul on Walters] and Marko, I think, had to hurdle the leg, just take evasive action. It wasn't as if he was diving, which was the referee's interpretation.
"That was the disappointment, it wasn't easy to get messages down to the team but that's not the reason why we got beat."
Information from the Press Association was used in this report.