Abdoulaye Doucoure will play two or three games after the ‘slap’ he gave Harry Kane during the controversial match Everton and Tottenham They drew at Goodison Park (1-1), on the day of the interim debut Cristian Stellini (48) on the ‘Spurs’ bench.
Doucoure lost his temper in the 58th minute and delivered a punch to Harry Kane’s face. The Malian midfielder saw a straight red card and left Everton in the bottom. The Goodison Park crowd did not like the sending off of their player and Stellini had to come out, surreal as evidenced by the images, to defend Kane.
After the slap, Kane went to the ground and the crowd started chanting at him: ‘cheater, cheater, cheater!’. Whistles at the England captain continued after Everton’s ‘in extremis’ goal, until Stellini had to come out in defense of the striker: “It’s normal for the fans to be sad but it’s a clear red card. It happens that sometimes, but the fans have to realize the situation. The decision was made and I think it was a good decision. I thought both red cards were red cards. The tackle by Lucas (Moura) was dangerous and the hand was clearly on Harry’s (Kane) face. I was very close to the situation, so it was very clear to me.”
Source: La Verdad
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