On a serious note, two vids for you to watch, one a far better view of the incident

because it starts earlier and you can see three consecutive attempts at some level of violence. First of all, he tries to slap at Whitbread's face and narrowly misses. Then he barges his shoulder into Johnson, which could have been enough for a red to be honest. Then he squares up and leans his face in.

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Johnson turned away and brought the officials' attention to it which is fair enough. At the end of the day what else can you do ? You can either back down completely which of course footballers aren't gonna do, square up and risk a yellow or worse, or you could always do this...

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and roll around in pain like you've been shot

Posted By: Steve in Holland, Jan 3, 11:31:57