‘Acquired what he deserved’: Followers cut up after footballer is viciously kicked by opponent… solely to be booked by ref in England (VIDEO)

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It is a uncommon sight in soccer to see a participant get booked for being kicked within the leg – however that is precisely what has appeared to occur in England after a star was deemed to have delayed a free-kick in essentially the most painful approach attainable.

Swansea and Republic of Eire ace Manning was apparently making an attempt some gamesmanship throughout Swansea’s Three-Three draw with Luton City on Saturday – however former Arsenal academy prospect Henri Lansbury wasn’t having any of it.

In footage which has since been considered greater than 1.1 million instances from the Championship fixture, TV cameras captured Manning ambling as much as a lifeless ball earlier than flippantly toeing it away at the very same second that Lansbury lined up his hefty free kick – solely succeeding in poleaxing Manning to the grass by smashing his shin.

What’s extra, one among Lansbury’s teammates, Tom Lockyer, took the chance to roar in Manning’s face as he was nursing his sore shin on the bottom, earlier than stepping into a couple of shoving matches with varied Swansea gamers.

Now, solely essentially the most naive of soccer followers would recommend that Lansbury did not know precisely what he was doing when he determined to swing his boot – and it could take an analogous soccer beginner to say that Manning wasn’t using some darkish arts of his personal by prodding the ball away.

However with the results of the incident being a yellow card proven to each Manning AND Lansbury, it has prompted fairly a debate on-line.

“Acquired in the way in which of a fast free-kick, so received what he deserved,” former Tottenham participant Jamie O’Hara commented on-line, assembly opposition from giant sections of followers.

One other joked: “Purple card and 5 match ban after he’s again from doing three months in jail.”

A 3rd was maybe a bit of extra sober of their reckoning: “Participant who tried to kick the ball noticed the opposite participant, so it’s a pink card. That’s not even a dialogue.”

Accompanying the footage on Twitter after the sport, Manning joked: “If anybody finds a shin floating about Luton, let me know.”

“Neymar would nonetheless be flying now,” replied one quick-witted Swans fan, lampooning the notoriously theatrical Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain striker.

Others praised the 25-year-old worldwide newcomer, with one telling him: “Properly carried out for not retaliating.”

Claims of injustice apart, each gamers escaped severe punishment – however solely one among them goes to have a sore shin within the morning.

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