PHIL Parkinson feels Ipswich midfielder Callum Connolly should have been sent-off for a first-half elbow on Sammy Ameobi.

The Wanderers boss remonstrated with referee Peter Bankes after the sixth-minute incident in the 1-1 draw at Macron Stadium.

Ameobi needed a couple of minutes of treatment on the pitch from medical staff before being patched up and cleared to play on.

But Connolly avoided any sort of punishment, much to Parkinson’s annoyance.

“You may have seen my reaction, I was thinking ‘was I the only one in this stadium who saw him catch him?’” he said after the game.

“To be fair to the lad Connolly he was aggressive in midfield and played well, caught a few players, but I was right in front of it. I didn’t expect the ref to see it because he was right on the other side but the fourth official and linesman had a clear view of him swinging and cutting Sammy just above his eye. On another day that could easily have been a red card.

“Gary Madine got booked first half for a late tackle, and that was fair enough, but how could someone who has flinged their elbow and cut someone’s eye open not at least get booked?

“He needed to rely on his linesman and fourth official – but they say they didn’t see it.”