Ex-Man Utd ace headbutts Robert Lewandowski and scores personal objective however his crew win
Ex-Manchester United defender Eric Bailly headbutted Robert Lewandowski and scored an personal objective – however nonetheless managed to complete on the successful aspect.
Bailly, 29, has endured a wretched time since he left the Red Devils in the summertime switch window. Months after becoming a member of Turkish aspect Besiktas on a free switch, he was hauled off at half-time by his supervisor, earlier than being a part of a lot of gamers to be banned from enjoying by the membership for “poor performance”.
His nightmare in Turkey was quickly ended when his former membership Villarreal got here and introduced him again to the Estadi de la Cera, seven years after he left them to hitch United in a £30m deal. In a rare sport in opposition to Barcelona, Bailly endured a rollercoaster of a night.
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Soon after Ilkay Gundogan and Pedri each scored inside eight minutes of one another to eviscerate Villarreal’s 2-0 lead and degree the sport, Bailly discovered himself touching foreheads with Lewandowski contained in the objective.
The pair went on to headbutt one another, earlier than Yellow Submarines goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen lunged in to separate them.
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Fortunately for Bailly, he didn’t see crimson for the incident. While he would’ve been relieved on the time, his coronary heart was in his mouth three minutes later, as a header from Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo deflected off Bailly and went into the again of his personal web.
With his unlucky error giving Xavi’s aspect the lead within the 71st minute, it gave the impression to be the successful objective for the Catalans. However, in elegant trend, Villarreal got here roaring again once more as Goncalo Guedes equalised within the 84th minute, earlier than Alexander Sorloth and Jose Luis Morales each discovered the online in added time.
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Despite Bailly enduring a night to neglect, he was nonetheless a part of a second of historical past, as Villarreal grew to become the primary crew in many years to attain 5 in opposition to Barcelona within the Nou Camp.
The defending La Liga champions are actually ten factors behind first positioned Real Madrid and eight being Girona in second.
