Accrington keeper in crazy double blunder as he is sent off for dragging down striker twice
ACCRINGTON keeper Dimitar Evtimov saw himself sent-off after giving away two penalties against Luton.
Evtimov found himself in a spot of bother after taking down Kazenga LuaLua 22-minutes in as he raced through goal.
LuaLua was chasing a ball over the top when he knocked it past Accrignton’s keeper winning a smart penalty.
Evtimov was shown a second yellow while his side went also went one down after forward James Collins converted from 12-yards.
The reason Evtimov was shown a second yellow was because he had given away a penalty just three minutes into the game.
After receiving a backpass the Bulgarian took an awful touch and Collins pounced.
After Collins took a touch of the ball Evtimov cynically brought the Luton man down and was shown a yellow.
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The 25-year-old stopper was fortunate not to be sent-off for the foul having clearly prevented a goal-scoring opportunity.
Evtimov redeemed himself, however, after saving Collin’s penalty low to his right.
Collins was then the one to redeem himself as he made no mistake on the second time of asking from the spot – this time with Luton’s second stopper George Moncur between the posts.