FANS were left in hysterics by Michael Keane’s bizarre explanation as he argued against the penalty he gave away.
The Everton defender, 30, stopped the ball with his arm to block the cross from Leicester’s Harvey Barnes.
Michael Oliver blew his whistle and pointed to the spot to give the Foxes the perfect chance to make it 3-1 at the King Power.
But Keane was desperate to protest the decision by pleading his innocence.
And as he remonstrated with the referee, he tapped the inside of his arm – as if to show where the ball made contact.
Crucially, though, that point was below the ‘t-shirt line’ – therefore signalling that it was indeed handball.
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Jamie Carragher joked Keane would not make the best defence barrister because he “proved his guilt”.
And plenty on social media all said the same thing.
One said: “Michael Keane showing the ref why it was a penalty.”
Another wrote: “Love that Michael Keane is showing the referee it’s a handball. What are you doing?”
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A third added: “He’s protested his innocence against that handball by pointing to a part of his arm that would be classified as handball.”
And a final user wrote: “Very helpful of Michael Keane to confirm to the ref where the ball hit him… that is handball Michael, you might want to read up on the rules!!”
Keane’s blushes were spared by Jordan Pickford’s heroics in goal.
He checked his water bottle, with the research suggesting James Maddison goes down the middle with 60 per cent of his penalties.
And Maddison did the same again as Pickford stood his ground and made the save and likely keep Everton in the game.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s early penalty was cancelled out by Caglar Soyuncu before Jamie Vardy raced through to make it 2-1.
The Everton striker missed a sitter with the goal gaping and at the other end, Vardy hit the bar seconds later.
But after the break, Alex Iwobi’s sweet strike earned a 2-2 draw in the relegation showdown with both sides still at serious risk of the drop.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
