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Garry Monk disagrees with both of Swansea's red cards vs. Blackburn

Swansea manager Garry Monk disagreed with both red cards his players received after a 3-1 defeat at Blackburn in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Kyle Bartley was sent off in only the seventh minute for denying a clear goal scoring opportunity and bringing down the pacey Josh King as the last man.

And at the tail end of the game, Gylfi Sigurdsson showed his frustration with a reckless lunge at Taylor to become the second visiting player sent off.

Monk has been vocal in his belief his side have been on the wrong end of more than their fair share of poor decisions this season, and he said both sendings off were unfortunate.

"It's a coming together," Monk said of Bartley's red. "The footage that I've seen, you think whose arms are across whose, but you run the risk when you're the last defender.

"They always normally fall in favour of the striker but, to be fair to the attacking player, he didn't appeal for it.

"I thought the second one was harsh. I've said to Gylfi, 'You can't react.' He had a kick just before that against him, nothing happened, so he had a lunge. But it wasn't reckless or dangerous.

"But the ref again sprinted to get the red card out and now we have Gylfi suspended and Kyle suspended. It's not good."

Bartley and Sigurdsson were the seventh and eighth Swansea players to see red this season, more than any other Premier League side.

Swansea lost 5-0 against Chelsea last week and Monk was left cursing bad defending for Rudy Gestede's goal for Blackburn as he reflected on another disappointing afternoon.

"I can't really remember them having too many shots or dangerous situations," he said. "Then to concede a poor goal like that, a set-piece, poor marking, we can't afford to do that at any level.

"That cost us and then obviously the third comes because we're pushing on. It's a disappointing result for us, we wanted to get back on track today, and unfortunately we couldn't do it."

Rovers manager Gary Bowyer said he's doing all he can to hang on to the "magnificent" Gestede in the final days of the transfer window.

Gestede's goal was his 13th of the season and 25th since signing permanently for Rovers from Cardiff last January, an average of more than a goal a game.

"Our aim all along in this window has been to try to hold onto everybody," Bowyer said. "The way Rudy's conducted himself with all the speculation has been magnificent. We had no trouble putting him back in the squad and no trouble putting him on.

"We said to him as he was going on, 'Go and score the winner.' It wasn't quite the winner, but he made a big impact because that's what he is, a big player for us."

Swansea boss Monk, meanwhile, denied a report they are interested in Gestede's strike partner Jordan Rhodes, saying: "He's not been on our radar at all."

Information from Press Association was used in this report.