The shocking Essien tackle on Andy Carroll

By This Is Anfield on May 9, 2012

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• n/a

  He showed a yellow, but should have been red.

• King Kong

  This is not the first time Essien has done that. It’s one of the worst tackle I’ve seen this season. No intention to get the ball, just lunged two footed on Carrol with an intention to hurt or break his leg. Thank god nobody’s permanently hurt. Worst than unfounded racism accusation. I hope FA will punish the player. Totally uncalled and cynical shameful foul.

  • stryder

    Why can’t this be a racist incident? Can you imagine if Suarez tackled Essien like that? The BBC, SKY, Guardian and Yahoo would have made it head line news calling for the head of Suarez from the FA. No doubt giving another eight game banned.

• ahmad

  yep straight red

• http://twitter.com/gleesonlad David Gleeson

  Not the first time he’s tried to end the career of one of our players at Anfield. Remember the  knee-high studs-first ‘tackle’ on Hamann that went unpunished back in the 2005-06 CL group stage game?

• Garfy

  Can you imagine if Suarez had done that? As it is the media are choosing to ignore this assault by Essien in favour of the Suarez/Ivanovic non incident!

• Garfy

  And in any case you can clearly see that Carroll steps across Essien and then dives so he should have been red carded for those two fouls! /Fergie

  • Prewitt

    It’s funny cause its true, that’s exactly what Fergie would say.

    • Scottie

      Funny and sad. Whats even more sad is that the FA probably would have groveled at his feet in agreement.

• Chilesp

  And I suppose the choke hold by Suarez was a casual foul :P

  • index1000

    for fucks sake, you have to be kidding. A choke hold!!!!!!  

  • stryder

    Luckily medication containers have child prove caps on them, or you would be endangering yourself.

  • anj2099

    you watchin too much UFC Bud!

• http://twitter.com/Takingbackcider Pat Kissane

  Didn’t he try to brain Tiote last week…
   

• Paul

  The FA cant act against Essien as Friend gave a foul, so their own rules state that they cant punish him further! Although I agree, was a shocking challenge! They should have been down to 9 men, as Ivanovic should have seen red for the elbow that caused the penalty!

• POOL OF LIFE

  the southern press DIDNT see it, what more do you need ? typical he should get a 6 game ban, but dont hold your breath , he dont play in the blood red of LFC ! nuff said !

    YNWA     JFT96

• Jaffa

  Disgraceful tackle.  Straight red absolutely no doubt about it.  Same punishment for Ivanovich’s elbow on Carrol, although I don’t think Carrol’s reaction did him a lot of credit either.

• Rich Smith

  essien and ivanavic should have had straight reds but as they were playing Liverpool they just get yellows, what a farce.

• ste

  There’ll be Tears in Munich.

• Caroll Fan

  Studs out two footed tackle how can that not be a red!

• munyuktae

  FA and the media are clowns..
  idiotic hypocrites and have no shame on the world’s opinion
  i wonder what will happen if the tackle is on a manure player.

• Ciaran O

  As blatened a straight red as your likely to see.tried to break him.

• http://twitter.com/KevinOnEarth Some Body

  Watching it, I wince & think of Djibril Cissé’s 2 leg-breaks at Liverpool. “Tackles” like that will not be stopped until the perpetrator gets at LEAST a leg-break’s equivalent of time suspended. Whatever the ref “saw” – he’s in no position to apply a suspension.
  It won’t happen though, of course. Spurious accusations of insult are more worthy of the FA’s political cause.

• Mark LFC

  There is no end to FA trying to protect their red and blue! Nothing like the class of merseyside’s two colours!

• Paulfc

  Its the only way he could stop him, Carrolls of fire!