When I first saw the Mohamed Elneny sending off on Sunday, I thought it was harsh. It was a bit of a push but nothing that merited a red card. Given that we only saw one replay of it, that was a point of view I maintained until I saw it from a different angle. Match of the Day 2 had it, and if you watch the video you can clearly see him push the Southampton player in the face and while it's still fairly tame, it's always going be a sending off if the officials spot it, which they did. A pretty stupid, needless sending off too, because there was no need for him to get involved there. It's out of character too. If it had been Jack Wilshere, for example, you wouldn't bat an eyelid but Elneny...
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