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VIDEO: Southampton's Jack Stephens shown straight red card for needlessly pulling Marc Cucurella's HAIR in shocking incident against Chelsea

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<p>Referee Tony Harrington was alerted to the incident late in the first half and, after reviewing the replay, opted to send Stephens off with a straight red card. The loss of the centre-back gave the Saints a mountain to climb, as the Premier League's bottom team were already 3-1 down.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jack Stephens has been SENT OFF FOR PULLING MARC CUCURELLA'S HAIR! 😱<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PLonPrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PLonPrime</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SOUCHE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SOUCHE</a> <a href="https://t.co/XXgfZONCES">pic.twitter.com/XXgfZONCES</a></p>— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) <a href="https://twitter.com/primevideosport/status/1864402085623517198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RED  CARD FOR… HAIR PULLING 🟥<br><br>Stephens pulls Cucurella's hair to see if it's a Wig.<br><br>Narrator's Voice: "It was not a Wig." <a href="https://t.co/bhasnMBqHl">pic.twitter.com/bhasnMBqHl</a></p>— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) <a href="https://twitter.com/MenInBlazers/status/1864405050912641487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 4, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WATCH THE CLIP

<p>The incident was reminiscent of the time Tottenham defender Cristian Romero was spotted pulling Cucurella's hair, but escaped punishment because <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/hair-pull-referee-mike-dean-mate-anthony-taylor-var-review-chelsea-vs-tottenham/blt52cd466a7db35faf" target="_blank">Mike Dean decided not to tell referee Anthony Taylor to check the replay</a>.</p><p>"I didn’t want to send him up because he is a mate as well as a referee and I think I didn’t want to send him up because I didn’t want any more grief than he already had," he said at the time.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Southampton remain bottom of the Premier League with just five points from 13 matches. They are up against Aston Villa in their next game, while Chelsea face Tottenham on Sunday.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

VIDEO: Southampton's Jack Stephens shown straight red card for needlessly pulling Marc Cucurella's HAIR in shocking incident against Chelsea | Goal.com

Southampton defender Jack Stephens was shown a red card for pulling Marc Cucurella&apos;s hair during his team&apos;s Premier League match against Chelsea.

VIDEO: Southampton&apos;s Jack Stephens shown straight red card for needlessly pulling Marc Cucurella&apos;s HAIR in shocking incident against Chelsea

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