Labasa soccer team striker Roy Krishna was sent off during the New Zealand Football Championship while playing for his Waitakere United side.

Krishna was shown the red card in the second half, as his team went down 4-0 to Canterbury, their worst defeat this season.

Waitakere United has now slipped to second place on the points table while Auckland City who has beaten Otago 5-0, has jumped to first place.

Both Waitakere United and Auckland City have 16 points each, but Auckland has better goal difference.