I Told ‘Diving’ Bernard To Get Up, Then He Head-Butted Me – Antonio Rudiger

I Told ‘Diving’ Bernard To Get Up, Then He Head-Butted Me – Antonio Rudiger


Antonio Rudiger thinks that it was a joke for him to get booked after an incident with Everton’s Bernard was a ‘joke’.


Both The Chelsea defender and the Everton winger were booked by Kevin Friend after the incident, but the German defender felt extremely hard done by.

“He [Bernard] was diving and I told him to stand up. Then he came with a lot of speed and hit me with his forehead, so for me to get a yellow card – to me that’s a joke.” the former Roma player said after the game.

“It’s annoying because I don’t even tackle someone, do something and I get booked for being head-butted. Sorry, but that’s a joke.

“The referee didn’t see anything. Perhaps it’s the fourth official who was outside [the pitch], maybe he said something to him [Friend] that I had provoked [Bernard] or something, but I just said, ‘Stand up’.

“If there is VAR in England, then Bernard has a problem. He would be sent off.”

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