Sunderland defender Wes Brown was shown a straight red card in the 64th minute at Old Trafford after Manchester United's Radamel Falcao went down inside the Sunderland penalty area with Brown and his team-mate John O'Shea in close attendance.
Wes Brown was shown a straight red card by referee Kevin Friend after making an apparently clean challenge on Charlie Adam in the 36th minute of the game, prompting a heated reaction from Poyet.