Phil McNulty reacts to Salomon Rondon red card in Everton loss, compares with Luke Ayling
Everton suffered a massive blow on Sunday (15 May) after they lost 3-2 against Brentford in the Premier League at Goodison Park.
The Toffees twice took the lead, but Brentford enjoyed an extra man advantage for the majority of the game and emerged victoriously.
One of the most bizarre incidents took place towards the end when Salomon Rondon got sent off, moments after he replaced Seamus Coleman with Frank Lampard looking for an equaliser.
It was a stupid act from the Venezuela striker, and BBC journalist Phil McNulty has compared it with the incident of Luke Ayling. The Leeds defender got himself a red card in the 2-1 defeat against Arsenal on 8 May.
McNulty wrote on Twitter: “Having said how stupid Luke Ayling was last week it would be remiss of me not to include Solomon Rondon on the roll of stupidity.”
Silly
It was a stupid challenge from Rondon who was only on the pitch for hardly a minute.
Lampard brought on him on the pitch to make a difference. He could use his height and physical presence towards the end as Everton looked for an equaliser.
However, he has badly let his team down.
Everton showed great resilience to fight back even with ten men, but their final hope faded with Rondon’s dismissal.
The incident in a nutshell describes Everton’s season – ridiculous. It comes as a big shock as Rondon is one of the most experienced players in the team, and yet he comes up with something extremely ludicrous.
The stage was nicely set for the Toffees to take a lead over other relegation rivals, especially after Burnley had dropped points.
However, after the end of the week, the Toffees will feel hugely disappointed especially after putting themselves in a good position by getting some good results.
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