<div class="headline" id="ds-headline"><h1>Barnsley see red as the Pilgrims progress: MATCH REPORT AND SLIDESHOW</h1></div> <div class="subheadline" id="ds-subheadline">Harsh Nyatanga sending off opens floodgates for Plymouth </div> <div class="viewarticlepanel"><div class="viewarticlevideo"><h4>Video</h4><div>Plymouth 2 v Barnsley 0</div><div class="videolinkon videobutton"></div><div class="videolinkoff videobutton"></div> </div><div class="multiimageon" id="MainMultiImage"><div id="MainImageDiv"></div><div id="ImageCaption">An early red card for Lewin Nyatanga changed set the course for the rest of the game</div><div class="offinline" id="ThumbDiv"><div class="thumb"></div><div class="thumb">/</div><div class="thumb">/</div><div class="thumb2">/</div></div> <div class="offinline" id="Navigation"><div class="off" id="PreviousBlock1">« Previous </div><div class="off" id="PreviousBlock1Inactive">« Previous</div><div class="off" id="NextBlock1">Next » </div><div class="off" id="NextBlock1Inactive">Next »</div></div> <div class="off noprint" id="divGalleryLink">View Gallery</div></div></div><div class="byline" id="ds-byline">By Simon Meeks </div><div class="ds-firstpara" id="ds-firstpara">PLYMOUTH ARGYLE 2 v BARNSLEY 0 LEWIN Nyatanga put his hands on Jermaine Easter's shirt and in less time than it takes to soft boil your breakfast, Barnsley had egg on their faces.</div><div class="va-bodytext" id="va-bodytext">It was hand-out time for the hosts. While Barnsley's Nyatanga was red-carded inside four minutes the gift of a goal followed. Referee Andy Woolmer was ready to let the whole thing go but linesman Andy Bennett waved his flag hard and long until it fell apart in his hand. A chat between the pair followed and Woolmer came up with the card for the centre-back. "He was last man defender," Bennett probably told furious Barnsley manager Simon Davey when he confronted him on the touchline well out of the technical area. It was Nyatanga's second sending off of the season. He went under similar circumstances for Derby against Preston - but only in the dying minutes then. Only one way it could get worse at Plymouth. And it did as Steve MacLean smashed home the free-kick from 20 yards clean into the top left hand corner of Tony Warner's goal. Off went Barnsley striker Daniel Nardiello so Davey could have a back four with Bobby Hassell at right-back while Stephen Foster moved into the middle to fill Nyatanga's boots. Barnsley made a decent fist of it from then on for 75 minutes or so until new Plymouth signing Jamie Mackie came on. Within two touches it was 2-0 and six minutes from time 3-0. He scored both. Not bad for a £145,000 buy from Exeter. Barnsley deserved better than that scoreline. The crunch had come after Nyatanga had gone. "I think it was a foul," skipper Brian Howard admitted. "If you are the last defender, I suppose you are always in danger of getting sent off. It wasn't a penalty so it was far enough out for someone to come in and cover, Stephen Foster or someone might have. "I'm not sure if it was a goal- scoring opportunity and being so early in the game the referee could have given him the benefit of the doubt and a yellow card but it was almost game over especially when they scored from the free kick." Even Plymouth boss Paul Sturrock had sympathy for Nyatanga and respect for Barnsley. "I thought it was harsh. It spoiled the game but I am the manager who has benefited, so I can't complain too much about it," he said. "It's the worse scenario in the world. I thought there were 12 on the pitch instead of 10. How many times have you seen 10 men nick a draw? We could have been sitting here with a 1-1 or a 2-1 defeat and really been in the doldrums." Pleasing for Sturrock was that Plymouth had more half chances with Peter Halmosi messing up just outside the six yard box and Paul Connolly forcing Warner to stretch for a launched centre which was gloved just over. Barnsley's best of a quiet first 40 minutes came following a Martin Devaney shot which reached Diego Leon inside the area. He should have done better than sky it. Easter put the ball in the net as the second half resumed but used his hands to get it beyond Dennis Souza. Mathias Doumbe drew blood with his hand in Jon Macken's face and Easter handled again and should have been booked. Then came Barnsley's big moment. <div class="va-bodytext" id="va-bodytext">It was pure gold from Anderson de Silva who beat three tackles before slamming in a shot from a sharp angle which thudded onto the underside of the bar. Sub Mackie then appeared and the game was over. Halmosi played the ball in for the kid, his first touch was to control, he muscled through between Foster and Souza and banged the ball home with just the keeper to beat. Souza was beaten again for Mackie's second goal. In came a Connolly pass, and Mackie turned the ball in. Macken might have had a consolation goal for Barnsley at the death after Istvan Ferenczi won it for him on the edge of the box. His shot was well saved by keeper Luke McCormick.</div> <div class="premiumoff" id="divWordCount">The full article contains 178 words and appears in Sheffield Star newspaper.</div> </div>