Morsy to pay for costly red

Paul Cook warned that Sam Morsy could be in hot water after his dismissal in the 1-0 defeat to Bradford.

The match was in the balance when Morsy appeared to catch Andy Halliday with an elbow in the 48th minute and was shown a red card by referee Eddie Ilderton. Billy Clarke took advantage nine minutes later when he celebrated his 27th birthday by bringing down a high ball and turning on the right edge of the area to send a stunning strike into Chesterfield goalkeeper Tommy Lee's top right-hand corner. Clarke set up Jon Stead for what should have been a second, but his strike partner fluffed his lines from four yards and Jay O'Shea almost equalised in the 70th minute but visiting goalkeeper Jordan Pickford superbly tipped his drive over. But Cook knew that Morsy's exit was the big moment in the match. "I thought the lads were magnificent, even after going down to 10 men we were on the front foot but we've been undone by one wonder strike," Cook said "But if Sammy has caught him, he will be punished very very heavily. "I've got to be strong with Sammy because he can't let us down like that. He's captain of the club and possibly the best player on the pitch. "In my opinion we were going to go on and win the game, we looked good, we looked strong but unfortunately the sending off changed the dynamics of the game. "I thought our lads were excellent, they kept going and I felt they deserved to get something from the game, but the sending off was a massive turning point." Bradford manager Phil Parkinson had no doubt Morsy had to go. Parkinson said: "I thought it was a disgraceful elbow from the lad, he's flung his elbow right at him. "Andy Halliday has got a swollen face and it's the kind of elbow that can break someone's cheekbone. "He deservedly got sent off and it was a lack of discipline. "We said to our lads at half-time to let the ref referee the game and concentrate on your job for the team and sometimes the team that keeps its discipline in games like this wins the game, which is what happened. "It was a goal of pure quality from Billy and it was a big goal for us because this is a hard place to come and get a result and against 10 men, it's never easy. "I felt that once we got the goal we had two absolute gilt-edged chances to make it two-nil and it gave Chesterfield a lift. "I thought we showed some real quality in the first half and in the second half it wasn't always great from us so we had to be resilient and we certainly were."