It happened in the 90th minute of the game with Changchun Yatai holding a 1-0 lead over Shanghai Shenhua. After Shenhua’s midfielder Wang Shouting and Yatai’s Matt McKay banged into each other while jumping up for the ball, McKay slowly slumped over and fell to the ground in exaggeration of his apparent minor injury in order to milk some seconds from the clock. However, rather than allow McKay to get away with it, Shouting decided to "assist" McKay by pulling him along the ground until he reached the sideline.
Needless to say, this didn't go over well with the officials, as Shouting was given a red card and sent off. Yatai was able to hang on for the 1-0 victory.
Although we're in agreement with Shouting that fake injuries have no place in the game, this may not have been the right way to go about dealing with it. This would appear to be a classic example of "two wrongs don't make a right".
H/T 101gg.
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