Arsenal star says Alexis Mac Allister was ‘clever’ in controversial moment

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As the pair squared up, Madueke got involved and went head-to-head with Mac Allister, who then went down, claiming to have been headbutted. Mac Allister went down dramatically (Picture: REUTERS) Jamie Carragher was extremely critical of Mac Allister for how he tried to engineer a red card for his opponent, but Madueke was more charitable, acknowledging that he was being baited, but it was ‘clever’ to do so. ‘To be honest, I don’t think it’s anything.

Whether it’s a yellow or red card, the referee didn’t think that. He tried to bait me into getting a red card there. ‘In my head, I’ll be very honest with you guys, in my head I was thinking: “It’s possible, you know, with VAR”.

But thankfully it wasn’t.’ No one was buying what the Argentine was selling (Picture: Getty Images) Liverpool legend Carragher went on a rant against players acting as Mac Allister did at Anfield, calling his reaction a ‘joke’ and calling for the sport to stamp it out. ‘I’m delighted he never got sent off there. If someone puts their head back and butts, or course red card, but this stuff about head-to-head and if someone touches, the other one goes down and the payer gets sent off. ‘As a game, as football, people in the Premier League, supporters, call your own people out for it. ‘I’m a Liverpool fan, that’s a joke from Mac Allister but it’s got to stop.