GRAEME SOUNESS labelled Gabriel Jesus ‘dopey’ after he gave away an early penalty in the defeat to Manchester United.
The Man City striker lunged in on Anthony Martial after just 30 seconds at the Etihad – and referee Anthony Taylor did not hesitate in pointing to the spot.
Gabriel Jesus’ rash challenge gave Man Utd the perfect start in the Manchester derbyCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Bruno Fernandes tucked away the spot kick despite Ederson getting a hand to his effortCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd
The Red Devils went on to win the match 2-0 to close the gap to Man City at the top to 11 points.
And the pundits in the Sky Sports studio did not hold back in criticising the Brazilian after the game.
Souness began by saying: “He bangs into the back of him. It’s crazy, it’s just dopey play.”
Keane then added: “Crazy play, one minute into a derby match and he’s doing that.”
And Souness continued: “It’s what you expect from a centre forward.
“It was just dopey play by someone who was angry at himself because he’d given it away.
“But defenders and midfield players would have assessed that pretty quickly that ‘he’s going nowhere, I’ve got plenty of team-mates around him, I’ll leave him alone’.
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“But he’s had two goes at him. He’s got his left arm across his shoulder and he runs into the back of him.”
United inflicted a first defeat in 22 games on Man City, who had won their previous 21 in all competitions.
It is also the first time Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side have scored against a ‘Big Six’ side since Bruno Fernandes’ penalty in their 6-1 defeat to Tottenham in October.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
