00:00Is this violent conduct?
00:02Man Utd defender Lissandro Martinez was given a straight red on Monday night,
00:06appearing to grow up at Dominic Calvert-Lewin's hair.
00:09The foul was given for violent conduct, but what does that actually mean?
00:13The term is used for off-ball incidents and often comes with a pretty severe three-game suspension.
00:19Guidelines from the Premier League say that violent conduct can include
00:22making a clear action to pull the hair with force.
00:25Now, the Martinez pull on Calvert-Lewin's hair was pretty blatant,
00:30but it wasn't particularly forceful.
00:31There was no danger of him really injuring the lead striker.
00:35But because it's classed as violent conduct, he is now looking at a three-game ban,
00:39which would mean he misses games against Chelsea, Brentford and Liverpool.
00:43So, what do you think?
00:44Is this really a fair punishment for something like this?
00:47Or is it a harsh one for Martinez and Man Utd?
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