Matteo Guendouzi s***houses two Roma players into red cards and then does Arsenal throwback in feisty Lazio Coppa Italia win
Matteo Guendouzi was up to his old tricks, but this time it didn’t backfire.
The former Arsenal man, now at Lazio, was at his s***housing best in the Rome derby, helping his side close out a 1-0 win to progress to the Coppa Italia semi-finals.
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Maurizio Sarri made it four wins from six against Roma’s Jose Mourinho in the fixture, while the Giallorossi are now without a goal in four games against their city rivals.
Mourinho had spent much of the build up bigging up new signing Dean Huijsen, admitting he was baffled Juventus had never played him, but in just his second game for Roma, he gave away a penalty.
Mattia Zaccagni stepped up and put away the match winning goal after a clumsy tackle, but that was far from the end of the drama.
With tensions heating up in the Stadio Olimpico, it was the most experienced player on the pitch who let his emotions get the better of him.
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Former Chelsea and Barcelona man Pedro lashed out as Roma’s defenders behind the goalline, and was furious to be given two yellow cards and thus a sending off.
With eight minutes of stoppage time on the board, things got nervy, and Romelu Lukaku nearly capitalised, cheating down a Stephan El Shaarawy and bicycle kicking it just past the post.
With ten-man Lazio now with their backs to the wall, along came Guendouzi to even things up.
Baiting Roma striker Sardar Azmoun, the Frenchman walked away as he managed to get the Iranian sent off, and a minute later fellow Roma star Gianluca Mancini also saw red for a scuffle.
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That was enough for Lazio to see out the win, and Guendouzi made sure to celebrate it the only way he knows how, by running to the fans with his hands signalling 1-0.
The images will be recognisable to Arsenal fans, with the 24-year-old whipping out his fingers to bait Watford fans when the score was 2-1 during a 2019 Premier League fixture.
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Watford went on to equalise and claim a point, leaving Guendouzi with egg on his face, but at least this time he’s learned to do it once the game is over.
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