article_snippet: If Wayne Rooney had done it, the reaction would be far worse.
article_snippet: There would be calls to strip Steven Gerrard of the England captaincy.
article_snippet: If it had been Joey Barton, the reaction would have hit fever pitch.
article_snippet: Had the reaction been a Chelsea player – well, the internet and the FA would have been in meltdown.
article_snippet: There would have been talk of points deductions probably.
article_snippet: Queens Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton would have been ridiculed if Gerrard (centre) had made such a challenge .