SOUTHEND United manager Mark Molesley felt Timothee Dieng was not going to be sent off until Mansfield Town’s players surrounded referee Ben Speedie.

Dieng was shown a second yellow card six minutes time from time after being adjudged to have trodden on a grounded Mansfield player.

But Molesley is keen to see the incident again before deciding whether or not it was the correct decision.

“I’d have to see it properly again but it looked like the referee had no problem with it until their players surrounded him,” said Molesley.

“There was a heap on the floor as Tim’s walked past.

“Has he stood on him? It wasn’t a stamp or anything like that.

“But if he has stepped on him then it’s a lack of discipline which we can ill afford at the moment.”

Dieng, who had previously never been sent off in English football, will now miss out on facing his former Bradford City side on Tuesday night as he serves a one match suspension.