Football not kung-fu: Nathan Collins gets straight red

Nathan Collins was shown a straight red card for one of the worst tackles of the season as his kung-fu kick on Jack Grealish saw Wolves reduced to ten men.

As both players went for the ball on the far left of the touchline, Collins launched into the England star with a full on kick to the midriff, leaving Grealish a heap on the pitch.

Collins pleaded his innocence, but the summer signing left referee Anthony Taylor no choice but to give the defender his marching orders.

Wolves paid £20.5m for the defender this summer  a record for an Irish-born player – and has been an ever-present in the Premier League this season. However, he’ll now face a three-match ban for his horror tackle.

Speaking at half time about the tackle, BT Sport pundit Rio Ferdinand

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The incident just after the half hour mark completed a first half of misery for Bruno Lage’s men, that began in the first minute when Grealish opened the scoring for City with his first of the season.

Champions City were two goals up inside a quarter of an hour, as Erling Haaland notched his eleventh goal of already remarkable season for the Norwegian striker.