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The Ben Thatcher tackle was ugly! Things like have no place in football. Reminded me of 2 horror-tackles by Essien last season. One was against Fulmha (not sure) and the other was on Hamann. That was AWFUL! He was very close to ending Didi's career. And the WORST part was that there was no apology after that. Essien claimed that it was a 'man's' game.
I've lost all respect for that guy.
Its good that Man City and Stuart Pearce have come down hard on him.
Essien's tackle was bad, but there's no excuse at all in charging into a person fist first when the ball is nowhere near them. I hope the scummer gets banned for life(i know it won't happen, but i can dream)...Can't believe his punishment is just that so far and people like rooney get a 3 match ban for nothing, or Cantona getting an 8 month ban or something(fair enough his attack wasn't on a player, but it's not like pedro mendes insulted thatchers mother)
Also, WTF at brown getting a yellow card for trying to break giggsy's leg with a two footed challenge. Dirt.