WSL game between West Ham and Aston Villa descends into CHAOS as Hawa Cissoko is sent off for PUNCHING an opponent before angry Hammers manager Paul Konchesky is also shown a red card for 'aggressive behavior'<br /><br />West Ham's WSL game with Aston Villa descended into chaos as Hammers defender Hawa Cissoko and manager Paul Konchesky were both sent off in the final minutes.<br /><br />Cissoko was given a straight red after hitting Villa defender Sarah Mayling. Konchesky was then sent down the tunnel after the two coaching benches squared up to each other.<br /><br />Things kicked off in the 91st minute when Mayling and Cissoko came together on the ball. <br /><br />Mayling then shoved Cissoko which prompted the West Ham defender to lash out, throwing her arm at Mayling's face.<br /><br />Cissoko was shown a straight red and was then allowed to march into Villa's technical area and square up to Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah, who was an unused sub.<br /><br />It then got heated between the two benches, which resulted in Konchesky being sent off for 'aggressive behavior' after he squared up to Villa coaches.<br /><br />The Hammers held on to win 2-1. They had raced into a 2-0 lead in the first half thanks to goals from Dagny Brynjarsdottir and Honoka Hayashi.<br /><br />Alisha Lehmann missed a penalty for Villa before Kenza Dali managed to pull one back for the visitors.<br /><br />Speaking after the game, Villa boss Carla Ward said: 'I've never seen anything like that in a game, the punch in the face from Cissoko is not acceptable. <br /><br />'The melee in the dugout is absolutely not ok, from what I've seen. What's frustrating is our girls were superb, they deserved more from that game.'<br /><br />On his sending off, Konchesky added: 'Is it harsh? Probably, because I'm sticking up for my player who is getting stuff said to her. <br /><br />'Whatever the consequences are, I'll take. We don't want to see that, I get it, but I'll stick up for my players, so I have.' <br /><br />Villa sit fifth in the league after the loss, while West Ham are now one place behind them and level on points. <br />
