In an explosive ending to a match, goalie Allan McGregor was shown a red card for attempting to kick an opposing player.

The referee clearly didn’t buy McGregor’s excuses, but perhaps more strangely he had a zero tolerance policy towards the guy who was on the receiving end of the kick. He was given a yellow card for his part in being kicked in the back. 

The goalie gave his explanation via the Scotsman: 

McNulty, however, claimed what had happened was ā€œone of those things,ā€ the on-loan hitman stood in front McGregor to be ā€œa bit of a nuisanceā€ as the goalkeeper attempted a clearance.

He said: ā€œThere was obviously a coming together between the two of us. I turned away and jogged on and the referee pulled it back. For me, the most surprising thing was that I was penalised in it all and given a booking. I do that every week, just standing in front of the keeper and making a nuisance of myself. All strikers do that to keepers.

ā€œI never actually touched him or touched the ball. I said to the ref: ā€˜What have I actually done wrong?ā€™ The ref told me that I had stuck my leg out, but I didnā€™t. So it was surprising that he ended up booking me for it.

ā€œThere was a wee bit of contact when he (McGregor) kicked out. But I didnā€™t moan about it or anything. You just get up and get on with it. I didnā€™t read too much into it. But, obviously, the ref or the linesman have spotted it and decided to send him off.

ā€œThere wasnā€™t any kind of niggle between us previously. Heā€™s kicked the ball up the park, followed through with a kick ā€“ and only heā€™ll know whether he meant it or not. You would need to ask him whether he meant it. I just got up and got on with it at the time.ā€

Soccer players can be the worst.  

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