Aston Villa’s captain, John McGinn, was sent the red card during their game against Tottenham Hotspur. He will therefore be unable to participate in the next three games.
Halfway through the second half, McGinn gave a nasty tackle to Tottenham’s Destiny Udogie. This occurred while Udogie was attempting to launch his team’s counterattack.
The decision to dismiss McGinn was taken by the referee, Chris Kavanagh. Unai Emery’s team was already behind 2-0 after 53 minutes, and this made for a much more difficult second half for them.
In just three minutes, James Maddison and Brennan Johnson had already scored twice; later on, Son Heung-min and Timo Werner added more goals.
‘Serious foul play’ is the reason McGinn was sent off, according to football.london. This is when a player uses excessive force or performs a tackle or challenge that has the potential to gravely injure another player, as per football rules.
Serious foul play occurs when a player lunges at another player with both legs in an attempt to get the ball, exerting excessive force or perhaps hurting the other player. Given how quickly the game was progressing and McGinn’s tackle, it was considered significant in this instance since he wasn’t attempting to play the ball.
McGinn will now miss crucial away matches against Manchester City and West Ham United in addition to a meeting against Wolves, the local rivals. Spurs defeated Villa 4-0 to win the Champions League, cutting the deficit to only three points between them and their opponents.
Villa’s pursuit of a top-four position goes on Sunday against West Ham, while on Saturday, Spurs take on Fulham at Craven Cottage.
