Jason Tindall got himself sent off due to an incident in the tunnel at half-time during Newcastle Untied's 3-0 demolition of Aston Villa on Boxing Day.
Eddie Howe's shadow got a bit heated with one of Villa's analysts at half-time, and he was duly dismissed, picking up the second red card of the day after John Duran was sent off midway through the first half.
It was quite a heated affair at times on the pitch with the first-half particularly stop-start with fouls aplenty and referee a not having much control of the game.
But it wasn't just on the pitch where tempers were flaring with Villa boss Unai Emery having a screaming fit at Jason Tindall.
While it's not quite a Mikel Arteta level of meltdown, it is still pretty amusing seeing The Count lose his head.
After the game, he still seemed pretty riled up, particularly around the decision to send off Jhon Duran, criticising Taylor for acting too rashly on Match of the Day.
I said in my write-up after the game that I felt it was a harsh decision to send of Duran, and I stand by that, even more so after seeing Alan Shearer's breakdown of the incident on MotD, I love that it has caused an Emery meltdown.
Credit where it's due though, Emery clearly wasn't scared of Tindall. Probably because of the 10-foot gap and the fourth official between them, mind.
Maybe that's what happened in the tunnel, Mad Dog was on the hunt and the analyst stood in to protect Emery.
One does not mess with Mad Dog!
PL | GD | PTS | ||
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1 |
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25 | 36 | 60 |
2 |
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25 | 29 | 53 |
3 |
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25 | 12 | 47 |
4 |
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25 | 17 | 44 |
5 |
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25 | 15 | 43 |
6 |
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25 | 13 | 43 |
7 |
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25 | 9 | 41 |
8 |
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25 | 5 | 39 |
9 |
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25 | -3 | 38 |
10 |
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25 | 0 | 37 |
11 |
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25 | 1 | 34 |
12 |
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25 | 12 | 30 |
13 |
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25 | -3 | 30 |
14 |
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25 | -4 | 30 |
15 |
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25 | -7 | 29 |
16 |
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25 | -18 | 27 |
17 |
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25 | -19 | 19 |
18 |
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25 | -27 | 17 |
19 |
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25 | -30 | 17 |
20 |
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25 | -38 | 9 |