Overview
- Referee Tony Harrington showed a straight red in the 13th minute after Idrissa Gueye struck Michael Keane in Everton’s area.
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored in the 29th minute to seal a 1-0 win at Old Trafford despite nearly 80 minutes with ten men.
- Gueye issued a public apology on Instagram and apologized in the dressing room to Keane, teammates, staff, fans and the club.
- Everton manager David Moyes framed the flashpoint as competitive emotion, praising his team’s resilience.
- Tagesspiegel, citing Opta, noted it was only the third Premier League red card for an altercation between teammates since 2000, and figures including Ruben Amorim, Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher viewed the dismissal as harsh.