Wolves reporter for The Athletic Steve Madeley has ripped into Nelson Semedo after his red card at home to Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League.

The Lowdown: Semedo off

Semedo was sent off in the first half after bundling over Kaoru Mitoma when he could have eventually got a shot away.

The referee gave him a straight red card, and after a check by VAR, the decision stood, leaving the Molineux outfit to play the second half with ten men.

The Latest: Madeley rips into Semedo

Taking to Twitter, Madeley claimed that Semedo's defending was 'dreadful' to put himself in the position to foul Mitoma:

"VAR checks but the red card stands. Foul on Mitoma. I think that's harsh, but it was dreadful defending from Semedo to put himself in that position."

Madeley did question whether Mitoma had a clear goalscoring opportunity after Semedo's mistake, but admitted that the right-back was 'really poor' in his challenge:

"Semedo completely 'done' by Mitoma and then bundles his over. Was it a 'clear goalscoring opportunity'? Hmm. But Semedo really poor."

The Verdict: Let his team down

Semedo certainly let his team down by going in so clumsily on Mitoma, and the £77,000-per-week man was always susceptible to getting sent off in that kind of area of the football pitch.

The home side had worked hard to get themselves in front through a Ruben Neves penalty, after Goncalo Guedes had equalised following Adam Lallana's opener.

But Mitoma got the visitors level, and Semedo clearly did not fancy himself up against the Japan international upon making his run, and in the end cost his side as Pascal Gross scored a late winner.

With Diego Costa getting himself sent off last weekend, new manager Julen Lopetegui must not like what he is seeing from the Wanderers in terms of their discipline.