Halloween horror: Eight players see red in Premier League day of shame

01 November 2009 11:17
Jamie Carragher led a Halloween horror show as eight red cards were flashed in the Premier League in one day.[LNB]Carragher was sent off in the 82nd minute of Liverpool's 3-1 defeat at Fulham, just three minutes after his team-mate Philipp Degen had also been given his marching orders by referee Lee Mason.[LNB]And the bad behaviour wasn't confined to England's top flight - there were four dismissed in the Scottish Premier League in a grand total of 19 up and down the country. [LNB] Early bath: Jamie Carragher is sent-off during Liverpool's defeat to Fulham[LNB] There was no sign of the card carnage to come as half-time approached yesterday. Bolton defender JLloyd Samuel cracked first and was dismissed for hauling down Didier Drogba in a 4-0 defeat by Chelsea.[LNB] Cheerio: Samuel clatters Drogba[LNB]Seconds later Kenwyne Jones was walking after a clash with West Ham's Herita Ilunga in Sunderland's 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light.[LNB] Enlarge Face off: Jones saw red for this push on Ilunga[LNB]Referee Andre Marriner later levelled it up by sending off Radislav Kovac. [LNB]Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill accused official Lee Probert of doing likewise in his side's game at Everton which finished 1-1 and 10-a-side. [LNB] Fury: O'Neill vents his spleen at ref Probert as Cuellar is shown red[LNB]Everton's Diniyar Bilyaletdinov was sent off three minutes before being followed by Villa's Carlos Cuellar, and O'Neill said: 'The referee got their red card right but you don't want to go levelling things up and that's exactly what the referee did.'[LNB]Hull's Geovanni was the eighth player dismissed, during the 2-0 defeat at Burnley.[LNB] Wounded Tiger: Geovanni (second right) is given his marching orders[LNB] LIVERPOOL FC

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