Southampton news: Russell Martin will serve a touchline ban for the EFL Cup match

Southampton manager Russell Martin will not be allowed in the dugout for Tuesday’s EFL Cup match with Stoke City.

Martin was shown a yellow card for complaining about a decision that went against his team during the first half of Saturday’s Premier League defeat to Manchester City. It was his third yellow card of the season.

After the match, Martin said the decision was ‘nonsense’ and that he had been effectively warned by referee Tony Harrington ‘for throwing my arms in the air’ after Flynn Downes was warned for insulting Bernardo Silva.

Martin did not know which match he would miss but said he believed it could be Southampton’s next Premier League game.

However, the sanction relates to the next match that Southampton plays, namely the cup match at St Mary’s Stadium.