- Dele Ali was proven a purple card simply 10 minutes after making his debut for Como
- It was the Ex-Spurs midfielder’s first look on the pitch in over two years
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Dele Alli has damaged his silence following his nightmare debut for Como.
Alli was despatched off simply 10 minutes into his footballing return – after ready for 2 years on the sidelines.
The 28-year-old’s first match for his new membership resulted in catastrophe as he was proven a straight purple card throughout Saturday’s 2-1 defeat by AC Milan at San Siro.
He had initially been given a yellow card for his stoppage-time foul on Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but it surely was upgraded to a purple card after a controversial VAR verify.
Alli posted on Instagram: ‘2 years! Not essentially how I deliberate it, however we hold shifting.
‘I used to be all the time going to announce my return in a roundabout way after these previous 2 years, would slightly it had been with a aim however feels good to be again.’
Dele Alli has damaged his silence following his nightmare debut for Como towards AC Milan
Alli was despatched off 10 minutes into his return for a stoppage-time foul on Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Alli additionally revealed a hilarious textual content trade with Loftus-Cheek to whom he advised: ‘Pic appears to be like dangerous tho, I simply tried to clip ur heel. When the ref went to var I did not even realize it was for me.’
The previous Chelsea midfielder responded: ‘Bro I had no clue. I stayed down coz I used to be blowing.’
AC Milan claimed a 2-1 win due to second-half objectives by Christian Pulisic and Tijjani Rejinders after Lucas Da Cunha had given Como the lead.
Fabregas had little sympathy for Alli, telling DAZN: ‘Dele Alli is a participant who can rating objectives.
‘He maybe did not deserve this chance as a result of he has solely been working with us for 2 weeks and has loads to enhance.
‘It’s a grave mistake, one which we should always not see from a participant of his expertise.
‘It was a transparent purple card, there’s nothing to be mentioned about that, he left the group down to 10 males throughout a vital second once we have been pushing for 2-2.
‘That’s the most detrimental factor about this night, however we hold going.’
