Here I was thinking that it was impossible to get sent off in a friendly.
You know those games with supposed gentlemanly agreements not to go too heavy into challenges as players ease themselves back into match fitness after a period of 'inactivity'?
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Well Cesc Fabregas had shown us otherwise. The Chelsea midfielder was shown a straight red card for a diving lunge in his side's pre-season friendly against Liverpool.
The challenge had new Liverpool signing Ragnar Klavan rolling on the ground presumably wondering that if this was a friendly, what had he gotten himself into by signing in the Premier League.
That does look painful.
Chelsea ended up winning the game 1-0 thanks to a goal by Gary Cahill from a Fabregas corner in the first half
