"When Jordan Pickford's time as England and Everton's eternal No 1 comes to its end, a career in peacekeeping, or failing that, manning the doors back in Sunderland, may await. As Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane, teammates let us recall, went for each other at Old Trafford in full hold-me-back, hold-me-back mode, in stepped Pickford's strong hands. Too late, it turned out. By then, Tony Harrington, the referee, had reached for his red card."
"Harrington had seen Gueye slap Keane, and the PGMO (no L these days, all you pedants) doesn't agree with that in the workplace. All rather negligible, less the type of dry slap Frank Butcher used to threaten any EastEnders tormentors with than a playground, petulant clip, something and nothing. Still, the blow had landed, and so the video assistant could do little more than agree with Harrington's call."
A confrontation between Everton teammates Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane at Old Trafford led to Gueye being shown a red card after referee Tony Harrington saw the slap and the video assistant confirmed the decision. Jordan Pickford attempted to intervene physically to defuse the situation, but the dismissal stood. The incident was compared to past Premier League intra-team clashes and noted as the first sending-off for striking a teammate since Ricardo Fuller in 2008. Everton responded to the disruption by defending calmly and secured a win, with manager David Moyes embracing toughness among his players.
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