The aftermath of the Idrissa Gana Gueye-Michael Keane incident

Idrissa Gana Gueye was sent off after 13 minutes against Manchester United for bizarrely punching his own teammate, Michael Keane.

Gana Gueye, furious with Keane for not reacting to his pass and allowing the opposition to take a shot from inside the penalty area, confronted the centre-back and became involved in a physical altercation. Referee Tony Harrington quickly waved a red card and Jordan Pickford and Iliman Ndiaye acted as peacekeepers, separating Gueye from Keane and escorting him off the pitch.

Despite the bizarre incident and being reduced to ten men, Everton recorded a resilient 1-0 victory over Ruben Amorim’s side. It was only their second win at Old Trafford in the last 32 years – their first since 2013.

“I like my players to fight each other when someone hasn’t taken the right action. If you want that toughness and resilience to get a result, you want someone to act on it,” David Moyes said after the match.

“If nothing happened [no red card]I don’t think anyone in the stadium would have been surprised. I thought the referee should have thought about it a little longer. That’s what I was told [by] According to the rules of the game, you can get in trouble if you hit your own player.

“I am disappointed that we got the broadcast. But we have all been football players, we are angry with our teammates. He has apologized for the broadcast, he has praised the players, thanked them for it and apologized.”

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall scored a magical goal that put Everton ahead just ten minutes after the red card. It completely changed the momentum of the match after the deflating start the Toffees had experienced following the send-off and the injury-induced substitution of Seamus Coleman.

The players rallied and showed great character, diligence and resilience to maintain their lead despite the numerical disadvantage.

“It was just a moment of madness. It was clearly avoidable,” Dewsbury-Hall said of the incident.

All I can say is that at half-time Idrissa apologized to all of us and did his bit. That’s all he can do and we’ll continue with that.

“The reaction from the boys afterwards was incredible, of the highest level. We could have easily crumbled, got in on ourselves and lost the game comfortably, but it probably made us grow even more as a team.

“The manager just said he would deal with the situation another time and that it was about sticking to the plan we had. He just wanted us to continue what we were doing and focus on the things we can change.”

Idrissa Gana Gueye also publicly apologized to Michael Keane and his teammates for letting them down and congratulated them on the hard-fought victory.

“I would first like to apologize to my teammate Michael Keane,” he wrote on his official Instagram account.

“I take full responsibility for my response. I also apologize to my teammates, the staff, the fans and the club. What happened does not reflect who I am or the values ​​I stand for.”

“Emotions may run high, but nothing justifies such behavior. I will make sure it never happens again. UTT.”

The Senegalese midfielder has been a key player for the Toffees this season but is expected to be out for an extended period of time. He will serve a three-match suspension before heading to his national camp for the Africa Cup of Nations.

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