Allan Saint-Maximin: Newcastle star ignores young girl asking for his shirt

Allan Saint-Maximin was quite brilliant during Newcastle’s 3-3 draw with Manchester City on Sunday.

The two sides played out a sensational match at St James’ Park and Saint-Maximin certainly played his role in the thriller.

It was he who hauled Newcastle back into the match after Ilkay Gundogan had given City a fifth-minute lead.

Even before the equaliser, Saint-Maximin was causing all sorts of problems.

And he eventually got his reward when Miguel Almiron bundled in his teasing cross.

Ten minutes later, Saint-Maximin found Callum Wilson who finished superbly past Ederson to give Newcastle the lead.

What a half and what a performance from the 25-year-old.

Kieran Trippier did give Eddie Howe’s side a 3-1 lead with a terrific free-kick but City fought back through Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva to earn a point.

At full time, Newcastle fans stayed behind to pay tribute to their players and their brilliant performance.

And unsurprisingly, many wanted to get their hands on Saint-Maximin’s shirt following his Man of the Match performance – well, one young girl in particular did.

Cameras caught Saint-Maximin walking over to the excited girl and looked set to give her his shirt. However, inexplicably, he tossed his shirt to a man in the row behind whose son was holding a banner asking for the player’s shirt.

While that young boy looked delighted, the look on the face of the girl was incredible. She stopped clapping and the look of pure excitement was immediately wiped from her face as she stared into the distance.

Not only did Saint-Maximin ignore her request for his shirt, but he also blanked the man who he’d given the shirt to as he attempted to fist pump him.

He was only trying to do something nice and Saint-Maximin ended