People Want Benjamin Mendy Banned 'For A Long Time' After Eric Lamela Incident

Premier League champions Manchester City picked up another three points against Tottenham on Monday night after Riyad Mahrez's early strike earned them a deserved victory.

But an incident involving their left-back Benjamin Mendy has somewhat put a dampener on the performance at Wembley. In the 91st minute, Mendy looked to throw a punch at Tottenham's Eric Lamela.

Thankfully the Frenchman missed completely, instead swiping mid-air.

It went unnoticed by the officials but many believe the World Cup winner should receive retrospective action for his reaction.

It didn't take long for social media to pick up on the incident, with many calling for a long, retrospective ban.

One twitter user said: "Oh and on a side note if Mendy doesn't get a ban for that attempted punch on Lamela I'd be shocked! Absolutely disgusting behaviour from a professional footballer!"

While another said: "Benjamin Mendy, beyond having two poor mistakes today, should've seen a straight red for this. Cannot even imagine if it landed; could've seriously hurt Lamela. He deserves a ban if there's retrospective action."

Thoughts on the above incident? Does Mendy deserve to be banned?

Let us know in the comments.

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Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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