AC MILAN DEFENDER Philippe Mexes absolutely lost the plot over the weekend during their 3-1 defeat at Lazio.
Filippo Inzaghi’s men let an early lead slip at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday as their winless league run stretched to five matches and Milan’s miserable evening was capped off when Mexes saw red.
The French international clashed with Lazio captain Stefano Mauri off the ball in injur-time, then grabbed him by the throat as tempers flared in Rome.
Even after his dismissal, the former Auxerre and Roma man squared up to the same player before getting him in a choke hold during an on-field brawl.
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Unsurprisingly, Mexes has since issued an apology to the club and his team-mates.
"I have to apologise to the club, the coach and my family," said the defender. "It was the wrong reaction and I am sorry because I left the team with 10 men and I will be suspended.
Unfortunately I made a mistake, in my career I have had these reactions. These things should not happen out on a football pitch."
Milan have the perfect opportunity to exact immediate revenge when they welcome Lazio to San Siro for the Tuesday's Coppa Italia quarter-final.
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Philippe Mexes was undoubtedly the angriest man in football this weekend
AC MILAN DEFENDER Philippe Mexes absolutely lost the plot over the weekend during their 3-1 defeat at Lazio.
Filippo Inzaghi’s men let an early lead slip at Stadio Olimpico on Saturday as their winless league run stretched to five matches and Milan’s miserable evening was capped off when Mexes saw red.
The French international clashed with Lazio captain Stefano Mauri off the ball in injur-time, then grabbed him by the throat as tempers flared in Rome.
Even after his dismissal, the former Auxerre and Roma man squared up to the same player before getting him in a choke hold during an on-field brawl.
Unsurprisingly, Mexes has since issued an apology to the club and his team-mates.
"I have to apologise to the club, the coach and my family," said the defender. "It was the wrong reaction and I am sorry because I left the team with 10 men and I will be suspended.
Milan have the perfect opportunity to exact immediate revenge when they welcome Lazio to San Siro for the Tuesday's Coppa Italia quarter-final.
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- Additional reporting by Ben Blake
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