Leicester boss Richard Wigglesworth said he felt great sympathy for the plight of Chris Ashton.
“Decisions are so close these days,” reflected Wigglesworth after Ashton had been dismissed just before half-time.
Wigglesworth compared the difficult decisions referee Ian Tempest had to make in the match. While Quins’ Louis Lynagh was not yellow-carded for a clumsy challenge on Mike Brown, Ashton was sent off for his.
“I want to protect players, and I probably need to look at it a bit closer, but we know Chris isn’t that sort of player,” he added. “He’s had a chequered past through sometimes acc...