TODAY’S PREMIER LEAGUE match between Man United and Bournemouth has been a heated affair and it took a particularly nasty turn just before half-time.

Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings appeared to deliberately stamp on a prone Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and the Swede then retaliated moments later, by elbowing his opponent as the two went for a header.

Despite spending plenty of time talking to Ibrahimovic, the referee seemingly didn’t see either incident and consequently, both players were spared a red card, with the United star already on a booking for a previous incident.

However, Andrew Surman, who was already on a booking, received a second yellow card seemingly for pushing Ibrahimovic in the subsequent dispute.

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Sky pundit Gary Neville criticised the Mings stamp as “cowardly,” adding that the Ibrahimovic reaction “wasn’t much better”.

Both players are likely to face retrospective punishment for their actions.

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