Watford boss Marco Silva wants more consistency from refs

Watford head coach Marco Silva is calling for greater consistency from referees following Marvin Zeegelaar's red card in the 1-0 defeat against Burnley.

Zeegelaar was shown a straight red in the 39th minute of the match at Turf Moor for a two-footed tackle on Steven Defour.

Speaking ahead of Tuesday's visit to Crystal Palace, Silva reiterated that he thought Watford were hard done by with the decision.

"I don't have doubts about that, it was very harsh," he said " I can't say more, it is better I stay with these two words, very harsh and for me it had a big influence on the match.

"Our team at that moment were doing well and competing like we compete every time. It was a tough game, the weather was not good as well but we were there to compete and take a good result and that moment had a big influence on the match".

"I saw matches in the afternoon yesterday, the Liverpool derby and the Manchester derby .

"I saw not one moment like Zeegelaar, I saw more than one and in every moment, yellow card.

"We need to be equalised for everyone, not for one team you make an example and for the other it is a normal situation - the Premier League is a tough game, blah,blah, blah and the other game we will make an example of Watford players or other clubs I could talk about.

"The big matches, the big derbies, okay it's a tough game, a big competition but we need to see the same because it is a fair game

"What I saw in our match were two teams competing really hard and respecting each other during the match and in that moment the referee had a big influence in the match and for me it is not fair.

"I don't have doubts, we are appealing at this moment because we feel the decision is not fair."

Watford remain 9th in the Premier League after the defeat at Burnley but will be looking to bounce straight back against Palace who are a point adrift at the bottom of the table.