Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock expects Sol Bamba to be charged with violent conduct and banned for three games after his reaction to being sent off in the 1-1 draw at Ipswich.
Bamba was dismissed for his angry reaction to a tackle by Jonathan Douglas and confronted the referee and fourth official.
He also pushed his manager's arm away and Warnock has not ruled out the club taking disciplinary action.
"You can't condone that," said Warnock.
"I've not seen that part of him before, but he was absolutely furious. He'll get violent conduct and banned for three games and quite rightly so.
"He was a bit big for me. I could not get him around the neck. I'll have to grow a bit. But he is distraught in there, and quite rightly so."
Warnock, whose side are still in the Championship relegation places, blamed referee James Adcock for trying to play advantage when Douglas had originally fouled Bamba.
"When you look at the video, the lad, Douglas, he knows what he's doing," said Warnock.
"He's left his foot in which wasn't spotted by anybody, but that does not condone what he has done.
"The ref should have just blown for a foul. It would have saved a man getting sent off, it would have saved 20 minutes of bedlam, it would have saved me a lot of hassle.
"He (the referee) said he wanted to give us the advantage, which it did, but we don't want it there. When Sol goes down like that, he does not go down for nothing, you've got to stop the game and learn from it. I hope the referee has learned from that."
Midfielder Aron Gunnarsson had given Cardiff a first half lead at Portman Road before Luke Varney equalised for the home side in the second half.
Despite being reduced to 10 men, Warnock was disappointed his side had not gone on to win the game.
Warnock added: "I'm disappointed to be honest, I thought we had the chances to win it. I thought having ten men revitalised us."
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