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Idrissa Gana Gueye, the Everton midfielder, was despatched off after slapping team-mate Michael Keane within the face throughout their facet’s at Previous Trafford on Monday evening.
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In extraordinary scenes, Gueye was proven a crimson card by referee Tony Harrington for putting Keane following an indignant trade between the pair instantly after a misplaced go.
The Senegal worldwide was indignant with Keane for not doing extra to attempt to get the ball, which led to Bruno Fernandes firing simply vast for United and resulted in an astonishing spat between the Everton pair.
Keane tried to push Gueye away earlier than the midfielder reacted by slapping him within the face.
The legal guidelines of the sport state that putting an opponent, or another individual, on the top or the face with their hand or arm is deemed as violent conduct. Harrington, who had a full view of the incident, wasted no time ordering Gueye off the sphere within the thirteenth minute.
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Gueye was then manhandled away by Jordan Pickford, the Everton goalkeeper, as he continued his disagreement with Keane. Iliman Ndiaye then came visiting to attempt to assist settle down Gueye.
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It was the primary time a participant has been despatched off for preventing a team-mate since Ricardo Fuller for Stoke Metropolis in 2008. On that event, Fuller slapped his captain Andy Griffin throughout a defeat by West Ham United ().
How soccer reacted to Gueye’s crimson card
Gueye took full accountability for his actions and promised by no means to behave in such a means once more. “I need to apologise first to my team-mate Michael Keane,” the Senegal worldwide wrote on Instagram. “I take full accountability for my response. I additionally apologise to my team-mates, the workers, the followers and the membership.
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David Moyes, the Everton supervisor, lauded the way in which his group reacted to the state of affairs and stated he didn’t thoughts his gamers preventing one another in a single sense as a result of it demonstrated how a lot they cared.
“I didn’t suppose there was something in it,” Moyes stated. “I used to be a bit irritated they have been difficult one another on the time, however I used to be additionally fairly happy they have been preventing one another as a result of it confirmed me that they cared.
“I can’t fairly work out if it was Keano’s unhealthy ball or Gana’s unhealthy ball that they received irritated with one another about. But when we hadn’t had that battle or resilience that they confirmed we might by no means have gotten by way of the remainder of the sport. I fairly prefer it when my gamers have a brawl with one another as a result of it exhibits they care and [put the] calls for on gamers.
“Not one phrase was stated [about the incident at half-time] – by no means for a minute did we give it some thought. I used to be extra taken with what I believed Manchester United have been going to do at half-time and the way we have been going to deal with it.
David Moyes stated the incident confirmed his gamers cared – Reuters/Phil Noble
“He [Gueye] has apologised to the dressing room – he spoke to us all. So no drawback, we transfer on, disenchanted it occurred, however in some methods individuals who have been gamers will perceive what it means if you’re on the pitch and preventing to win and each of them have been.”
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Moyes additionally felt the referee was too fast to indicate a crimson card. “I believe for those who requested anybody within the crowd they might be shocked it could be a crimson card,” he stated. “I believe if the referee had possibly taken 10 seconds and gone and cut up them and given them each a yellow.”
Kiernan Dewsbury-Corridor, who scored Everton’s winner, added: “It was only a second of insanity. It was clearly avoidable. All I can say is Idrissa apologised to us all at half-time and stated his piece. That’s all he can do and we transfer on from it.
“The response from the lads after it was unbelievable, high tier. We might’ve simply crumbled, gone in on ourselves and misplaced the sport comfortably, nevertheless it in all probability made us develop much more as a group.”
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Talking on commentary, Gary Neville claimed the sending off was mushy. “There’s not a lot in that – it’s a faucet,” he stated.
“It’s unsavoury if you see two team-mates going at one another nevertheless it wasn’t a scrap. It didn’t must be a crimson card.”
The Premier League Match Centre stated on X: “The referee’s name of crimson card to Gueye for violent conduct was checked and confirmed by VAR – with the motion deemed to be a transparent strike to the face of Keane.”
When team-mates go head-to-head
Gueye and Keane usually are not the primary team-mates to conflict throughout a televised match. Right here, Telegraph Sport remembers high-profile incidents from years passed by.
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Anwar El Ghazi vs Tyrone Mings
The Aston Villa pair clashed throughout a goalless draw with West Ham United in 2019. Mings appeared annoyed together with his team-mate earlier than El Ghazi squared as much as the England worldwide. Villa gamers intervened earlier than the incident escalated into an all out brawl. Referee Mike Dean determined there was not sufficient to ship both, or each, off and as a substitute dished out a slap on the wrist.
Ricardo Fuller vs Andy Griffin
Fuller, the Stoke striker, was despatched off for slapping his captain throughout a 2-1 defeat at West Ham in December 2008. The flashpoint got here as Stoke waited to kick off after Carlton Cole held off Griffin earlier than scoring West Ham’s equaliser. Fuller, who accused Griffin of being “very impolite and disrespectful”, acquired a three-match ban, with Stoke supervisor Tony Pulis calling a group assembly to deal with the incident.
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​Lee Bowyer vs Kieron Dyer
The Newcastle duo got here to blows in direction of the tip of a 3-0 dwelling defeat by Aston Villa in April 2005. Dyer grabbed Bowyer by the throat and so they traded punches earlier than being separated by Villa’s Gareth Barry. Each have been dismissed by referee Barry Knight earlier than later being hauled earlier than the media by supervisor Graeme Souness and advised to apologise for his or her conduct.
​Graeme Le Saux vs David Batty
Le Saux was left with a painful reminder of his bust-up with David Batty throughout Blackburn’s 3-0 Champions League defeat at Spartak Moscow in November 1995. 4 minutes into the sport, Batty made his displeasure clear when the pair collided as they tried to retrieve a Mike Newell go. The row descended right into a pushing match earlier than Le Saux struck out, breaking his left hand throughout a scuffle wherein captain Tim Sherwood took a blow to the cheek.
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Hugo Lloris vs Son Heung-min
Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris and ahead Son grew to become concerned in a heated row on the pitch because the half-time whistle sounded in a 1-0 Premier League victory over Everton in July 2020. Lloris angrily confronted the South Korea worldwide over his failure to trace again and the pair needed to be separated by Giovani Lo Celso and Harry Winks. The spat continued down the tunnel and into the dressing room, though the 2 males embraced after the ultimate whistle.
​Bruce Grobbelaar vs Steve McManaman
McManaman was getting an earful from his team-mate and Liverpool keeper Grobbelaar after his poor clearance led to Everton scoring at Goodison Park through the 1993 Merseyside derby. Visibly irritated, McManaman clapped again which led the Zimbabwean to seize him and push his face. McManaman returned the favour earlier than backing off.
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