Liverpool ace ‘punches and elbows’ Man Utd rival – but in some way escapes purple card
Liverpool teenager Luca Furnell-Gill was fortunate to flee punishment when he seemingly sucker-punched his Manchester United rival.
Furnell-Gill was a part of an Under-18s facet that travelled the brief distance to Manchester to tackle the Red Devils within the U18s Premier League. And Furnell-Gill went viral on social media for all of the mistaken causes when a video appeared of him apparently punching his opponent.
The centre-back could possibly be seen working in the direction of Ethan Wheatley, who was main with an elbow, earlier than swinging in the direction of the striker. Wheatley took the hit, and he stood shocked as followers slammed the defender on X.
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“He should be banned for about 6 months for that. Utterly disgusting,” one fan fumed. While a second questioned: “How’s he not received a direct red card!”
“That’s a disgrace! He then went to elbow the same player he punched,” a 3rd claimed. And one other added: “WTF was that? This is football. Not bloody MMA. And how on earth did the ref miss this?”
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Amazingly, Furnell-Gill escaped any punishment – and he once more evaded the eyes of the referee when it appeared like he threw an elbow at Wheatley minutes later.
It was a excessive scoring affair on the Trafford Training Centre, with the junior Red Devils working out 4-3 winners on Tuesday night. Wheatley was on the scoresheet – levelling the rating for United – earlier than his team-mates fired them forward.
United had been 4-2 up heading into the ultimate minutes of the sport, earlier than Michael Laffey gave Liverpool a lifeline within the closing minutes.
