Ugly SAO Atletico kicked the ball in Grealish’s face, escaped the controversial red card

An ugly ball happened in the great battle between Man City and Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Situation Correa shot the ball in the face of Grealish (FPT):

This morning (April 6), Man City beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals Champions League. The scorer brings the advantage to the army of Coach Pep Guardiola It’s Kevin De Bruyne. Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid not only lost in terms of scores but also left an ugly image.

Correa kicked the ball into Grealish’s face causing Pep Guardiola to intervene

The situation took place in the 83rd minute of the match when the score was 1-0 in favor of Man City. Jack Grealish fell after being fouled by Sime Vrsaljko from behind near the technical area of ​​coach Pep Guardiola.

Despite the Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs cutting the whistle for Man City to receive a free kick, Angel Correa still rushed to shoot the ball straight at Grealish before hitting the England player in the face.

Immediately, the two teams rushed into each other, creating a chaotic situation. Standing near the collision, coach Pep Guardiola approached Correa with a few reminders for the Argentinian and then he stopped Grealish so that the situation would not get worse.

Surprisingly, the referee Istvan Kovacs only showed Correa a yellow card after his bad behavior. When asked if Correa was lucky to escape a red card after a rough tackle on Grealish, coach Pep Guardiola declined to comment.

The Spaniard said: “The referee is there, it’s not my job. The referee was there, Jack reacted really well and was focused on what we had to do.”

This is not the first time Correa has made an ugly tackle like this. The Argentinian player kicked the ball straight into Karim Benzema’s head during the derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid in 2017.