Christian Norgaard will be available for Brentford’s next three games after a successful appeal against red card versus Everton.
The Danish midfielder was shown a straight red in the 41st minute of the Bees’ goalless draw at Goodison Park last Saturday after catching Pickford high on his leg when trying to find the next inside the six-yard box.
Referee Chris Kavanagh was recommended to review the challenge by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), before deciding Norgaard should be dismissed.
The 30-year-old would have missed Brentford’s next three games against Leicester, Aston Villa and Newcastle if the red card had stood as it was deemed serious foul play.
But after a successful appeal by the West Londoners for wrongful dismissal, their captain has been cleared to feature in Saturday’s game at home with the Foxes on Saturday at 3pm.
Frank: ‘Referee needs to be braver’
Manager Thomas Frank slammed the decision at the time and suggested his team would appeal.
Speaking about the incident at the time, the Danish coach said: “For me it is not a red card.
“I see a situation where it is coming across the six-yard box, Christian’s eyes are clearly on the ball and he is stretching to try to touch it behind [Yoane] Wissa, Wissa is going at the the ball, just changing the direction of the ball.
“Chris was unlucky his studs go on the leg of Pickford. No intention, he is actually pulling out of full force with no intention of making a foul, just trying to score.
“If it is not the law or the rule then Chris [Kavanagh] was not brave enough to overturn the situation.
“On top of this, there were several Everton players who were saying: ‘That is not a red card’. We will most likely appeal this.
“We need to find out if that is the law going forward and if it is not then the guys (disciplinary commission) have to overturn it and if they don’t overturn it, they also have changed.”
