Bath head coach Mike Ford insisted Owen Farrell should have been sent off for his high tackle in Saracens' 28-16 victory in the Aviva Premiership final at Twickenham.
Farrell felled Anthony Watson with a swinging arm in the second minute, leaving his England team-mate dazed and in need of treatment, and while Wayne Barnes awarded a penalty to Bath, he took no further action.
The first of Saracens' three tries was scored by man of the match Farrell in the sixth minute and moments later a groggy Watson departed for a head injury assessment and was unable to return.
When asked if he thought the tackle should have been punished with a red card, Ford replied "I did" and also revealed that he had spoken to Barnes about an incident that is sure to interest the citing officer.
"There's big concern to be honest and I've spoken to Wayne Barnes about it," Ford said.
"It was an illegal challenge square on the nose and we lost one of our best players. The other guy stayed on and got man of the match.
"Wayne Barnes said he should have looked at it more closely on the TMO. Anthony is good. It's a head injury, but he's come round and he's fine.
"I don't want to go on about it, that's rugby. Sometimes you get those decisions sometimes you don't. It wasn't the reason we lost the game."
Source: PA
