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John Stones ‘dive’ sees rival booked as followers baffled after Maguire ‘leg breaker’

Football followers have been livid Bournemouth’s Lewis Cook acquired the identical punishment as Manchester United defender Harry Maguire.

Maguire and Cook each acquired yellow playing cards of their respective clashes towards Fulham and Manchester City. However, followers imagine the previous United captain ought to have been despatched off, after catching Cottagers’ ace Sasa Lukic with a ‘leg breaker’ of a problem.

A matter of hours after Maguire made it into the referee’s guide, Scott was yellow carded when City defender John Stones appeared to go down simply below contact. When followers in contrast the incidents, they might not imagine each gamers got the identical punishment.

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One fan blasted Stones and Maguire, writing: “Embarrassing dive from Stones. Ref buys it and Cook ends up with the same punishment as Maguire’s leg breaker.” A second piled on the strain on Stones, tweeting: “That’s a dive by Stones. Not a foul and sure as hell not a yellow.”

A very livid fan additionally stated: “What a joke of a yellow card against Cook. Stones lost his balance-no foul, let alone a card. Must be nice to have refs apologising for the last game non-call by giving them calls today.”

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Manchester City's English defender #05 John Stones (C) vies with Bournemouth's English midfielder #04 Lewis Cook (L) during the English Premier League football match between Bournemouth and Manchester City at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England on February 24, 2024
Stones slowed down and allowed Cook to catch him



Manchester United defender Harry Maguire with a late tackle on Fulham midfielder Sasa Lukic
Harry Maguire was late in a conflict with Fulham midfielder Sasa Lukic

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Other followers selected to not deal with Maguire’s problem so they might pour further scorn over the Stones determination. “Stones tries to lean into Bournemouth player…player realises what he’s doing and stops…Stones loses his balance falls over. Foul on Bournemouth player and yellow card.”

A second then tweeted: “Cook gets a yellow card for doing nothing to stones who decided to fall over.” Fans have been near being much more livid with Maguire’s yellow card, as he struck what seemed to be a late equaliser towards the West Londoners.



Manchester City's Mateo Kovacic (left) and Bournemouth's Lewis Cook battle for the ball during the Premier League match at the Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth
Cook needed to be further cautious after his reserving

However, Fulham starlet Alex Iwobi popped up within the dying seconds to lash residence a dramatic winner at Old Trafford to make sure the defender’s late purpose was in useless. On the South Coast, Cook’s facet loved no such success, as City floor out a 1-0 away victory on the Vitality Stadium.

Phil Foden’s shut vary end was sufficient for the Citizens to safe their seventh win in eight Premier League matches.