In a rare flip of occasions, Liverpool loanee Owen Beck was despatched off for Blackburn after being bitten by Preston’s Milutin Osmajic of their 0-0 draw.
It sounds uncommon, however as Liverpool followers know, it is rather a lot believable for a participant to be bitten on a soccer pitch.
This newest weird second passed off on Sunday lunchtime within the native Lancashire match-up between Blackburn and Preston.
After a fiery Championship affair that had already seen Preston’s Sam Greenwood despatched off controversially, tensions reached their apex within the 88th minute.
With the rating at 0-0, the referee awarded an innocuous free-kick to Osmajic within the Blackburn half.
Owen Beck is OFF ?
Each side are right down to 10 males ? pic.twitter.com/8COc4YDE0O
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Preston substitute Dune Holmes then determined to shove Todd Cantwell earlier than Liverpool’s Beck kicked out at him as he tried to run away, sending Holmes to floor within the course of.
Osmajic took exception to this in an excessive means, approaching Beck from behind and biting him on the neck.
Shocked, Beck circled to confront his opponent however was held again by Makhtar Gueye.
The Liverpool left-back then protested to the close by assistant referee, repeatedly saying, “he bit me” and “I’ve received a chunk mark”, in addition to displaying the marks on his neck.
After Beck had given the unaware referee the identical message, Matt Donohue determined to point out the 19-year-old a purple card for his kick on Holmes throughout the melee.
“The child has took an enormous chunk out of his neck”
John Eustance says Owen Beck was bitten within the aftermath of his purple card problem ? pic.twitter.com/HiMWhb2vEN
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If you see the replays, it is going to be extraordinarily exhausting for Osmajic to disclaim Beck’s allegations, and it is going to be fascinating to see what punishment is given.
Blackburn supervisor John Eustace advised Sky Sports activities: “That’s what occurs in native derbies, you may see that the child has taken an enormous chunk out of his [Owen Beck‘s] neck.
“Owen was despatched off for the sort out, their lad has made an enormous scene of it, nevertheless it was harsh.
“There have been a whole lot of low cost fouls and playing cards given in opposition to us. We’re disenchanted that we’ve got misplaced Owen for 3 video games. We’ll ensure Owen is OK.”
In the meantime, Preston supervisor Paul Heckingbottom commented: “I’ve simply been advised that there’s a declare of a chunk, we must wait and see what occurs with that. We don’t need biting on the soccer pitch, that isn’t allowed.”
How lengthy was Luis Suarez banned for?
Luis Suarez is, after all, probably the most high-profile participant to have bitten opponents on the pitch – he did so 3 times throughout his profession.
The Uruguayan’s first offence was in 2010 when he was banned for seven matches for biting PSV’s Otman Bakkal whereas taking part in for Ajax.
He then repeated this in a Liverpool sport in opposition to Chelsea, biting Branislav Ivanovic in 2013, after which he missed 10 video games.
Amazingly, Suarez did it once more on the World Cup in 2014, sinking his tooth into Giorgio Chiellini in a group-stage sport between Uruguay and Italy.
That third chunk value him 9 worldwide matches and a suspension from all football-related exercise for 4 months.
