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How on earth did Demba Ba escape a red card after this?

The ex-Chelsea striker went a bit Conor McGregor…

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DEMBA BA IS playing his football for Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League these days.

Despite almost decapitating an opponent during yesterday’s 2-2 draw with Guangzhou Evergrande, the former Chelsea striker was only shown a yellow card.

You may have spotted one of Ba’s team-mates, ex-Everton midfielder Tim Cahill, helping to protest the Senegalese international’s innocence, as Ba appears to take Roy Keane’s ‘The ball was there… I think’ approach to defending the challenge.

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The best thing we can see about it is that it was an impressive show of athleticism to raise his leg that high, but the challenge itself was shocking. It leaves you wondering exactly what constitutes a red card offence in that particular referee’s estimation.

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