Wycombe Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth has shared his thoughts on Garath’s McCleary’s red card in the 1-1 draw away at Fleetwood Town.

The Jamaican international was given his marching orders just 10 minutes into the match at Highbury Stadium for a swinging arm that hit Drew Baker in the face.

Initially missed by the vast majority of people inside Highbury Stadium, the Cod Army bench alerted the referee, and James Oldham issued McCleary the fourth red card of his career.

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The 34-year-old did not object to the sending off, which was his first since September 2016 when he was playing for Reading.

Speaking on the incident, Ainsworth said: “I haven’t seen it back, but G-Mac has apologised.

“He said he caught him in the face with his arm/hand and if he has, then it’s a red card.

“I am gutted though as he is not like that.

“He is not that type of player, and we know he is not that type of player but we will have to have a look at it.”

The sending off was the first for any Wanderers play since February and for it to have taken place just 10 minutes into the match, the manager admitted that it did impact his side’s game plan.

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The last player to be shown a red card for Wycombe was Lewis Wing in the 1-1 draw away at Gillingham in April.

He continued: “It throws the game plan into pieces.

“You work all week with the last two days being on the game plan that we had, and we were still able to go ahead with parts of the plan.

“However, we went into a deep press similar to the MK away leg in the playoffs as we camped in our half and said ‘come on, break us down.’

“In the end, we deserved something from the game and I am glad we have got them a point.”

Wycombe are now 14th in the table and host Port Vale on September 10.