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WATCH: The moment Idrissa Gueye was sent off for slapping team-mate
Jamie Braidwood25 November 2025 07:25
How Everton showed the right ‘fight’ after Idrissa Gueye’s moment of madness
A slap in the face from Idrissa Gueye became a kick in the teeth for Ruben Amorim. The stinging blow was not the one that brought perhaps the season’s strangest sending off. Not as Manchester United’s unbeaten run came to an abrupt, abject end. If ignominy seemed to belong to Everton when Gueye was shown the red card, theirs was a defiant glory. The team who fought each other beat the team with no fight.
On a night of unexpected incidents, a footballer was sent off for violent conduct against a…