Spurs to appeal over Keane card

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Referee Phil Dowd gave Keane his marching orders for a clumsy lunge at Fabrice Muamba after initially appearing to consult the fourth official and linesman, but Spurs will seek to have the dismissal overturned and while Ramos is unsure on how Dowd arrived at his decision, he insists Keane should never have seen red.

He said: "The sending-off was harsh. In this type of incident the referee would normally show a yellow card, it certainly wasn't red. The referee was very close by. It was very unfair."

He added: "I don't know what happened but the closest person to the incident was the referee. Anybody else was a lot further away."

Sebastian Larsson's superb 93rd-minute winner opened Alex McLeish's Birmingham reign with a thrilling victory and condemned Spurs to their first defeat under Ramos.

Gary McSheffrey fired the visitors ahead from the spot after Dowd penalised the error-prone Younes Kaboul for clipping the Blues striker.

Keane responded in kind after Johan Djourou was penalised for a similar offence at the other end and then buried Tom Huddlestone's lofted cross.

A brilliant finish from Cameron Jerome pulled Birmingham level in the 62nd minute before Larsson pounced three minutes into injury time to end a thrilling contest.

It was a remarkable conclusion given Spurs' first-half dominance that saw a number of chances go begging and Ramos lamented the injustice of the result.

The Spaniard said: "I didn't think it was fair to lose that game after the huge effort we put in. To let in a goal like near the end was not fair because we were much the better side."