‘Snapped his eyelash’ - Sean Dyche aims dig at Tottenham striker Harry Kane following Everton red card incident

Everton manager Sean Dyche has joked he thought Harry Kane “snapped an eyelash” when the Tottenham striker fell to the ground following an altercation with Abdoulaye Doucoure. Doucoure was given a straight red card for pushing Kane in the face during Monday night’s game between Everton and Spurs, which saw the England striker dramatically fall to the ground. Ad Dyche has taken aim at Kane for his theatrics, despite admitting Doucoure was in the wrong and was rightly dismissed.

Euro Qualifying'I am still young' – Kane not ruling out scoring 100 England goals28/03/2023 AT 15:57 “No, he [Doucoure] certainly doesn’t need to apologise,” he said during his press conference on Thursday. “At the end of the day, he knows you can’t raise your hands. “I thought at one point he might have snapped his [Kane] eyelash and that would have been tragic.

“He seemed to be responding OK. He knows you can’t raise your hand in football, it’s as simple as that, but he is a very strong-minded character and has worked very hard. “A moment when it goes wrong, he is not going to be judged by that by me.” Tottenham interim boss Cristian Stellini defended Kane, and said that he has “never seen him exaggerate something” following criticism from former players after the game.

Stellini said: “I think it’s strange that some ex-players said things, I think are wrong, about Harry [Kane], because they are ex-players and they understand the difference between seeing a situation like this in slow motion and live this experience in a real motion, it’s completely different. “Also, Everton’s manager [Dyche] said that it was a clear red card, so there’s no discussion on this, I don’t understand why some ex-players speak about this. He added: “I think they don’t