Bristol City ace escaped a ban for incident with Leeds United defender.
Matty Taylor squared up to Leeds defender Gaetano Berardi at the weekend and instantly regretted it.
Berardi responded by headbutting him and was sent off, but Taylor was also dismissed for his part in the clash.
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson told Bristol Post: “He’s head butted him and he’s broken his nose and it’s a bad one.”
After a successful appeal against his red card, Taylor was cleared to play or Bristol City last night and made an instant impact.
Taylor scored as the Robins beat Premier League strugglers Crystal Palace 4-1. showing no ill effects of the weekend’s clash.
Manager Lee Johnson was impressed with his contribution. He said: “It was a great finish from Matty. He’s a pest and he annoys the opposition; he’s hustled and earned his own luck but after that we settled.”
It was an impressive way for Taylor to bounce back after a weekend he would rather forget.
Leeds fans were less than impressed, and reacted on Twitter with bemusement and scepticism at his swift recovery…
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