It’s the twentieth anniversary of one of many Premier League’s most stunning moments
At present marks 20 years since one of many Premier League’s most stunning moments.
On at the present time in 2005, tempers erupted between Newcastle teammates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer, who have been despatched off for preventing one another.
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A depressing afternoon for Newcastle United noticed the Magpies trailing 3-0 at residence to Aston Villa. Graeme Souness’ facet had already had a person despatched off after Steven Taylor’s deliberate handball, regardless of the defender’s comical and Oscar-worthy insistence that he’d been struck within the chest.
Few at St James’ Park have been laughing moments later, when a disagreement between Bowyer and Dyer exploded right into a full-blown punch-up.
Stephen Carr and Aston Villa midfielder did their finest to separate the second of insanity from the Magpies’ midfielders, who have been each dismissed for violent conduct. The duo have been pressured to apologise in a post-match press convention.
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Explaining the struggle in his autobiography, Dyer stated: “I might see him marching in the direction of me, eyes bulging.
“Graeme Souness was shouting ‘don’t do it’ from the touchline however Lee Bowyer saved on coming.
“I grabbed him by the shoulders and the neck to maintain him off me after which he began raining in punches.
“It was like sluggish movement. When the punches have been hitting me within the head, I used to be considering, ‘I can not consider he’s hitting me in entrance of 52,000 individuals. What the f*** is he considering?’
“I used to be making an attempt to let him punch himself out. I believed it was simply going to be purses. It’s the sort of factor that may occur in coaching, however not in a match. Nobody of their proper thoughts would try this – however Bow had misplaced his thoughts.
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“I believe he hit me 4 instances. The punches didn’t harm, however by the point the fourth punch got here in, I believed ‘f*** this’ and launched one again at him.”
An unforgettable second for all of the improper causes.
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