Former Manchester United goalkeeper and World Cup winner Ron-Robert Zieler may not want to remember his Bundesliga 2 exploits with current club Hannover on Saturday in a hurry.
The experienced keeper, who returned to the club where he has punched the most balls of his career during the summer, reacted frustratedly to a 95th-minute equaliser at the end of a thrilling 3-3 draw for Hannover at Karlsruher.
Swinging his fist at the ball as it bounced back across the penalty area following the late leveller, Zieler accidentally caught goalscorer Daniel Gordon in a sensitive area, sending the defender writhing across the byline.
As Gordon collapsed to the ground, Zieler, who had already conceded a penalty, seen Gordon score the first of his two goals and watched Hannover go ahead twice, received his marching orders for a second yellow card.
Hannover had used all their substitutes, putting defender Josip Elez in goal for the final seconds of a frantic finale to a match in which they had taken a 93rd-minute lead through German forward Hendrik Weydandt.
Elez did not have to make a save as Hannover stretched their unbeaten away run to three matches, although they missed out on a win that would have taken them to fifth in the table and will be without the banned Zieler for a game.
Jan Schlaudraff, Hannover's Sporting Director, described the match as 'pure spectacle'. 'Of course, the yellow-red card against Ron is unfortunate,' he added.
'He actually wants to hit the ball out of frustration and then does not hit the ball, but the opponent. That's a yellow card and therefore a red.'