Herrera campaigns for FA to allow yellow-card appeals

Ander Herrera hopes the Football Association will one day allow Premier League players to challenge yellow-card rulings retrospectively.

Convinced he should have won a penalty in the second half of Sunday's heated Manchester derby, Herrera was instead booked for diving. The snarling Manchester United midfielder felt Nicolas Otamendi had tripped him up at a crucial moment, with manager Jose Mourinho left similarly incredulous that such a "clear penalty" was denied.

Herrera lamented after the eventual 2-1 defeat to City that he had no way to overturn match official Michael Oliver's decision. The FA only hands out retroactive bans to players who go unpunished for diving, offering no recourse for anyone who feels they were wrongly booked.

The fact he owns four yellow cards - one away from an automatic suspension - bothers Herrera the most.

"That is a big problem for me because I want to play every game," the Spaniard said, courtesy of The Telegraph. "In Spain, if you get something undeserved, you can appeal and they take it out. That is one of the things that could improve the Premier League because it is an amazing thing, an amazing competition.

"In my opinion, the organisation is the best in the world, but it is a real shame that if you don't deserve a yellow card you cannot appeal afterwards.

"Hopefully one day that rule can change."