#player-discipline

#player-discipline

The highly-rated teenage winger was sent on by caretaker manager Darren Fletcher to replace Mason Mount for the final 28 minutes of Sunday's all-Premier League third-round clash with Brighton at Old Trafford, making only his third appearance in senior football. However, it turned into an afternoon to forget for Lacey, who was shown two quick-fire late yellow cards for fouls on Yasin Ayari and Ferdi Kadioglu.

One of the reasons Sacha Boey has not played a game for Bayern since early November is a lack of discipline. Vincent Kompany, who used to be a supporter of the Frenchman, does not see a way back for him. Bayern want to offload Boey, ideally this month. At some point, a player just has to be good or not. To this point, Boey has not been anywhere good enough on the pitch and now is - allegedly - becoming a problem to deal with.

During the early stages of the Islanders' matchup against the Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Sunday night, Barzal stood up for Schaefer following an egregious trip by Marchment. Marchment, who was recently acquired by the Blue Jackets, tripped Schaefer up without even being close to the puck. Barzal took exception to the hit. The Islanders' veteran sent a few harsh words to Marchment before leveling him with a vicious slash.

The Bruins were feeling very good about themselves just a week and a half ago. Today, with the archrival Montreal Canadiens in town for the final game before the Christmas break, they are in soul-searching mode. Such is life in the standings tighter than skinny jeans Hoping to bank points on their five-game homestand, they are just 1-2-1, with three straight losses. And the last L left a mark.

The team officially waived the 2024 third-round pick on Monday following the latest dust-up between the wide receiver and the club. Burton did not make the trip to Buffalo for the team's 39-34 loss to the Bills. Hours before the game, the team announced that Burton was going to be suspended for the contest, which penalizes him by missing a game check. When asked about that suspension on Monday afternoon, Bengals coach Zac Taylor announced that Burton will no longer be with the team.

Tomas Soucek has impressed under Nuno The towering midfielder has had a change of role under the new manager, and he is being used as an auxiliary striker. The midfielder has shown impressive form, and he has scored in back-to-back wins over Newcastle and Burnley. There is no doubt that he will be a player for West Ham as they look to secure survival in the Premier League.

Real Madrid may have partially exorcised the demons of their derby humiliation with last night's 5-0 win at Kairat Almaty but boss Xabi Alonso may have returned from Kazakhstan with an even bigger problem. Madrid were hammered 5-2 by Atletico at the Metropolitano on Saturday following a dismal second half display. They flew east determined to make amends and did so with a routine, and expected, victory against the Champions League minnows.

In a workplace, we have two employees fighting like in an English pub, with a teammate on the ground because he had lost consciousness,