Jason McAteer was sent off after a furious spat with former Liverpool teammate Michael Owen as the Star Sixes tournament in Glasgow was enlivened by controversy. McAteer was red-carded for aiming a relatively playful kick at Owen in the Republic of Ireland's 1-0 semi-final defeat by England in the legends competition televised by Sky Sports. Showing no loss of competitiveness in retirement, McAteer fumed afterwards that Owen had been given favourable treatment by the officials. He didn't want to see it probably because it was England and Michael Owen, more to the point. I'll tell you why it's not a red card, because it's Michael Owen and it's England."

Source: Irish Examiner January 06, 2019 21:33 UTC