Issues bought a bit heated lower than a half hour into Newcastle’s opening Premier League match towards Southampton on Saturday.
Within the twenty eighth minute, Newcastle defender Fabian Schar had his again turned towards midfield as he tried to retrieve the ball. Southampton’s Ben Brereton Diaz then got here crashing into him from behind, toppling Schar and incomes him a shove.
Through the scuffle, Schar and Diaz’s foreheads made contact, and the latter dropped to the turf in obvious agony. Schar was given a straight crimson card and dismissed from the match, whereas Diaz solely acquired a yellow for the incident.