Star red-carded for 'ridiculous' kung fu tackle

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A horror kung fu-style footwear connected England planetary Jack Grealish has seen Wolves' defender Nathan Collins fixed a straight-red paper during his sides nonaccomplishment to Manchester City successful Molineux.

Already down 2-0 successful conscionable the 33rd minute, Collins was fixed a consecutive reddish for the challenge, which caught Grealish precocious connected the thigh adjacent his groin.

As the location broadside hoped for a VAR reprieve, it took referee Anthony Taylor nary clip to nutrient the reddish card.

In commentary for talkSPORT, erstwhile Aston Villa and Chelsea midfielder Andy Townsend described the situation as "ridiculous".

Former Dutch planetary Nigel de Jong - who famously avoided a reddish paper successful the Oranje's 2010 World Cup last nonaccomplishment to Spain for a akin situation connected Xabi Alonso - said Collins had been watching "too galore of (his) YouTube videos".

Wolves manager Bruno Lage said helium didn't judge Collins went into the situation to wounded Grealish, but admitted the situation was careless.

"I don't judge that Collins wanted to bash that. He tried to play the ball, but erstwhile you spot that you request to admit that it tin beryllium yellow, it tin beryllium red," helium said.

Grealish enactment City successful beforehand aft 55 seconds erstwhile helium was successful the close spot to enactment a transverse into the backmost of the net, earlier Erling Haaland scored their 2nd successful the 16th minute.

It was Haaland’s 11th extremity successful 7 league games since his offseason accomplishment from Borussia Dortmund - with the bulk coming from close successful beforehand of goal.

“I didn’t cognize helium could people from extracurricular the box,” Grealish said jokingly, portion calling Haaland "the champion striker successful the satellite playing up front.”

Wolverhampton’s already-slim chances virtually ended Collins sent off.

Phil Foden swept successful a right-wing transverse from Kevin De Bruyne, who provided a akin assistance for Grealish’s goal, successful the 69th infinitesimal to circular disconnected a triumph that took City supra Arsenal into archetypal place.

City has scored 23 goals successful the archetypal 7 games of its rubric defence - comfortably much than immoderate different squad - and Haaland has astir fractional of them.

On the different hand, Grealish has conscionable the 1 - and helium knows helium needs to people much to warrant being the astir costly Premier League subordinate ever aft joining from Aston Villa for much than $170 cardinal successful the offseason.

“Rightly truthful radical person been asking questions - I should beryllium scoring much and getting much assists,” the England planetary said.

“I americium ever going to person radical talking astir maine with the wealth that was spent connected me, but each my vocation I haven’t scored capable goals. I bash privation to adhd that to my game."

-- With AP

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