Football GIF: Wayne Rooney Sees Straight Red Against West Ham For Lashing Out At Stewart Downing

Chris Wright

27th, September 2014

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By Chris Wright

Wayne Rooney was shown his first red card for five years in Manchester United’s 2-1 victory over West Ham at Old Trafford this afternoon for lashing out petulantly at Stewart Downing.

While it was hardly the most grievous challenge you’re ever likely to see, a riled-up Rooney aimed a cynical swipe at Downing’s legs and caught him a little too high for referee Lee Mason’s liking – with a straight red card duly being administered to the new England captain…

Not much in that for our money – certainly not enough to earn the inevitable bawling “HOT HEAD” headlines he’s going to get on tomorrow’s back pages – but a nailed-on dismissal never-the-less.

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  1. Si says:

    That was a harsh decision, with this coming from a Newcastle fan.

    As the commentators pointed out: had another player done the same thing, they probably would have gotten a caution and a final warning.

    For all of the grief that the boy gets, his disciplinary record is actually very good, particularly that he finds himself getting stuck-in in the middle of the park week-in, week-out.

  2. syndex says:

    I think it is a sending off due to the possible injury it could cause and think 80% of the time with any player it would be a red, however this is not a sign of a discipline problem (quite the opposite it was a calculated to stop a promising attack just badly executed) so any coal raking he will get will be generally ignored.

  3. chris says:

    That is a nailed ON yellow. Its a professional foul nothing more
    Red Card = school of poofs

  4. TravisKOP says:

    i Know what he was trying to do but he could have been smarter about it. The challenge just looks like a lazy attempt to stop play, perhaps he could have gone about it differently

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