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WATCH: Fernandinho Gives Albrighton A Black Eye After Vicious Elbow

WATCH: Fernandinho Gives Albrighton A Black Eye After Vicious Elbow

How did he stay on the pitch?

Joe Baiamonte

Joe Baiamonte

Manchester City's 2-1 victory over Leicester City today was rife with noteworthy moments; Should David Silva's opening goal have stood? How funny was Riyad Mahrez's disallowed penalty? And how did Fernandinho stay on the pitch after elbowing Marc Albrighton into next week?

The Brazilian somehow escaped a red card for his assault on the Leicester City midfielder in the second half, which left Albrighton looking like he'd just gone 10 rounds with Anthony Joshua.


Bobbby Madley, despite noticing later in the match that Riyad Mahrez had actually struck the ball twice as he took his penalty, somehow failed to spot Fernandinho's MMA style battery of Albrighton's face. Unsurprisingly, the decision to allow the Brazilian midfielder to remain on the pitch did not go down too well with fans on social media.







Despite a late flurry of attacks, Leicester couldn't find an equaliser as City ran out 2-1 winners in today's early kick off.

Featured Image Credit: Sky Sports

Topics: Manchester City, Leicester City, Football, Fernandinho

Northerner. Assistant Editor of SPORTbible. Studied Journalism and Broadcasting in a portakabin on a car park of Salford University for three years. Believes football peaked with Serie A in the '90s and strong-arms pro wrestling references into as many articles as possible. Neymar once took 50 euros off me during a game of poker.

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