{"id":300177,"date":"2023-12-12T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300177"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:28:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:28:55","slug":"gary-neville-blasts-jacob-browns-intent-in-tackle-on-phil-foden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/gary-neville-blasts-jacob-browns-intent-in-tackle-on-phil-foden\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville blasts Jacob Brown's intent in tackle on Phil Foden"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gary Neville has hit out at Luton forward Jacob Brown for a tackle on Phil Foden that could only have been to ‘significantly harm’ the Manchester City star.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola’s side came from behind to halt the winless Premier League run and beat Luton 2-1 at Kenilworth Road, but Neville was quick to jump on Brown’s lunge after the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Describing the attempted tackle as the kind of challenge that every footballer hates, Neville took to social media to lambast the Scottish international and his intent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posting on X, the Sky Sports pundit said: ‘I said this a few weeks ago. When a player jumps in like that the fact the opposing players leg isn\u2019t broken doesn\u2019t alter the fact every professional hates that challenge more than any other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The intent can only be there to significantly harm your opponent.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Gary Neville has hit out at the challenge by Jacob Brown and questioned the forward’s intent\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Brown’s challenge went unpunished by the referee and wasn’t overturned by VAR upon review<\/p>\n
Brown appeared to follow through onto Foden’s ankle, but referee Tim Robinson failed to penalise the forward for the tackle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
VAR then also decided to not overturn the decision, deeming the challenge not worthy of a red card offence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Luton had taken a shock lead in the game, when Elijah Adabayo put the Hatters in the lead on the stroke of half time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Brown saw his Luton side take the lead against Man City but went on to lose the game 2-1\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, two goals inside three second half minutes from first Bernardo Silva and then Jack Grealish turned the game around and give the reigning champions all three points.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was a similar story for the hosts, who have now taken the lead against Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City in games this season, but failed to win any of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The defeat sees them remain in the Premier League’s bottom three, four points behind 17th placed Everton.<\/p>\n