JASON Tindall revealed Andrew Surman had apologised to his team-mates for his Old Trafford dismissal – and admitted his own frustration had boiled over at half-time.

Assistant boss Tindall was sent off for confronting referee Kevin Friend, who had red-carded Surman following the 30-year-old's second bookable offence.

The South Africa-born midfielder picked up his first caution for a tackle on Luke Shaw and received his second after pushing Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the ground.

The former Norwich and Southampton man will now serve a one-match ban which will rule him out of Saturday's home clash with West Ham at Vitality Stadium.

Tindall told the Daily Echo: “I went onto the pitch at half-time (to speak to Friend).

“I was really frustrated with the decision for Andrew Surman’s first yellow card because I felt it was a perfectly good tackle. Shaw had made a similar tackle earlier and it was fine.

"Drew apologised to the guys at half-time, I think, because he pushed Zlatan Ibrahimovic when he was already on a booking.

“To come here and get anything is incredibly difficult at the best of times. But to get a point, having been down to 10 men for just over 45 minutes, is a huge achievement for us."

Surman shoved Ibrahimovic in the aftermath of an incident which saw the Swede elbow Tyrone Mings.

Mings was later accused by United skipper Wayne Rooney of deliberately stamping on Ibrahimovic prior to the striker’s indiscretion.

Tindall, performing post-match media duties in place of under-the-weather manager Eddie Howe, defended Mings – but accepted Cherries might not have heard the last of this particular issue.

“I don't think Ty has a nasty bone in his body,” said Tindall. “I wouldn’t say he would intentionally do that to anybody.

“I’ve certainly not seen it in the time he’s been with us, even in training. If he has deliberately stamped on Ibrahimovic, then people will deal with that accordingly.

“All I can say is I’d be very surprised if Tyrone Mings had deliberately stamped on anyone.”

Joshua King’s 40th-minute penalty levelled matters following Marcos Rojo’s earlier goal for United, before the flare-up which led to Surman’s dismissal on the stroke of half-time.

Artur Boruc saved Ibrahimovic’s penalty on 72 minutes as Cherries deservedly held out for their draw.

“We had to defend for our lives in parts of the game,” said Tindall.

“Artur came in for a bit of criticism last week. He made a mistake and held his hands up after the game at West Brom.

“The only way you deal with that criticism is by going out and delivering the type of performance he did today. He was excellent and played a huge part in us getting a fantastic point.”

Jack Wilshere was an unused substitute on Saturday, after starting each of Cherries' past six Premier League games.

“Jack only trained with us once during the week,” added Tindall. “He’s had a couple of knocks.

“He’s been excellent for us but we do have to manage his workload from time to time and that was the decision here.”

Tindall also revealed winger Junior Stanislas looked set to miss “seven to 10 days” with the groin injury which precluded his involvement at Old Trafford.