Dele Alli could be in hot water after digging Claudio Yacob in the midriff when out of the referees sight,although the White Hart Lane faithful went down shoutingTottenham’s 20-year-old midfielder, who knows only one way to play – at full throttle and with maximum expression – began the evening by being pictured on the field with his PFA Young Player of the Year trophy. But it was a moment in the first-half that went undetected at the time but not, and predictably,by Twitter, which could believe ramifications. Dele Alli is a spiky competitor and he was clearly annoyed by the attentions of Claudio Yacob, and the West Bromwich screening midfielder. The flashpoint came off the ball,when Alli turned and gave Yacob a dig in the midriff. “Muhammad Alli” was soon all over social media. The referee, Mike Jones, and did not see it and so there could be an avenue for retrospective Football Association punishment. whether – and it is a large whether – the FA was to deem it as violent conduct,Alli may be looking at a three-match ban. Ouch.
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Source: theguardian.com