By TAMARA PRENN
Published: 11:25 EST, 26 December 2024 | Updated: 11:32 EST, 26 December 2024
Newcastle's assistant manager Jason Tindall was sent off at half-time during the Magpies' Boxing Day clash with Aston Villa after shushing Unai Emery on the touchline.
Eddie Howe's outspoken assistant was repeatedly engaging with the Villa manager during a heated first-half which saw Jhon Duran sent off after just half-an-hour.
Tindall will watch the remainder of the match from the stands.
The assistant manager has form with the gesture, having previously directed it towards former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp when the two teams met at the start of the 2023-24 season.
As Klopp berated the fourth assistant in the wake of Virgil van Dijk being sent off during the tie, Tindall lifted a finger to his lips and appeared to shush the head coach.
But while the German manager was seemingly unfazed by Tindall's touchline antics, Emery was more incensed, with the pair focused on one another's behaviour at numerous points during the first-half before Tindall's gesture.
Tindall and Emery have recent history, with the Villa boss seeming to snub Tindall's handshake in January of this year when Newcastle travelled to Villa Park.
But rather than turn the other cheek, Tindall's role as a heel in the dugout is something he relishes, as he shared with Mail Sport in February.
‘I don’t care if I upset people,’ he said. ‘I’m not going to stop being me. It’s not deliberate.
'I won’t stop being me all of a sudden because of what people say about me and what they tell me to do.
'If anyone thinks that’s going to stop me being my real self, that’s not going to happen.'
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