article_snippet: The biggest call of the game was the clearest –
article_snippet: Juan Mata (top) was on the receiving end of Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard's first robust challenge after coming onto the pitch .
article_snippet: The incident was merely a poorly timed tackle and I thought that a yellow card was appropriate but Phil Jones could just have easily seen red.
article_snippet: Late in the game Liverpool fans screamed for Wayne Rooney to be sanctioned when Wayne Rooney caught Simon Mignolet but Wayne Rooney had been blocked off by Martin Skrtel and that caused the collision.
article_snippet: GIUSEPPE LORENZO 1990
article_snippet: At 10 seconds, believed to be the fastest red card in professional football.
article_snippet: The Bologna man was sent off for hitting an opponent.
article_snippet: Martin Skrtel was sent off for handling outside the area in Sheffield Wednesday’s opening game of the season against Wolves after 13 seconds — a British record.
article_snippet: The referee shows the red card to Sheffield
article_snippet: Wednesday’s's goalkeeper Kevin Pressman after 15 seconds .
article_snippet: With the ball out for a throw, The Bologna man came on, elbowed Reading’s Stephen Hunt and was sent off before play even re-started.
article_snippet: United's Keith Gillespie is sent from the pitch after receiving a red card.
article_snippet: *** me, that was loud’ and was promptly sent off.