Everton midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye apologised to his team-mates after picking up a bizarre red card during the 10-man Toffees' historic win away at Manchester United. Everton became the first team ever to beat United at Old Trafford in the Premier League while one man down on Monday night.
But their 13th-minute red card was an unusual one, with Gueye dismissed for slapping his own team-mate Michael Keane after a defensive mix-up. The Senegalese midfielder reacted angrily to Keane pushing him as the two exchanged angry words. Referee Tony Harrington gave Gueye a straight red and the Premier League confirmed he was given his marching orders for "a clear strike to the face of Keane". Despite being down to 10, Everton battled to an incredible victory thanks to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's first-half strike.
Speaking to Sky Sports post-match, the match-winning midfielder revealed that Gueye said sorry to the squad in a post-match chat. He explained: "Rollercoaster game. I'll sleep well tonight, put it that way. So genuinely happy for the lads and how hard they worked.
"A fantastic performance of gritting away, getting a goal and keeping that spirit. So glad we got the three points. We started really well - the situation happened. It was a moment of madness, avoidable.
"But all I can say is Idrissa has apologised to us at full-time, said his piece and that's all he can do. We move on from it. The reaction from us, was unbelievable. Top tier. We could have crumbled but if anything, it made us grow.
"He [David Moyes, at half-time] just said: 'That's done now. We'll deal with that another time.' It was about keeping to the plan we had. He made sure we do the right things, continue what we're dong. We can't change that now, second half we continued to do that."