The trouble is this 'letter of the law' thing that referees appear hell bent on.
Adebayor was having his shirt pulled , and reacted by trying to push the lad away ..... at neck/face height ....... and you just can't do that nowadays ...... Adebayor knew that before he did it , so he can have little excuse for the red card , and with what's gone on with him this season he shouldn't have reacted to the provocation ....... we all know these things happen in the heat of the moment , but you just can't do it , and so the sending off will be seen by the authorities to be the correct decision.
It's a shame because it changed the game , and it's gonna land him with another ban ....... and us with another striker problem!