The French Lucas Digne and the Polish Matty Cash, of Aston Villa, were hit by a bottle thrown from the stands of the Goodison Park stadium when they celebrated the goal scored by their Argentine teammate Emilian Buendía in the match against Everton. The assistance was from a Digne who had only signed for Aston Villa 10 days ago from the Liverpool team.
Both defenders went to the north end of the enclosure to hug the South American attacker, who scored the only goal of the match in added time of the first half, when they were hit by a bottle, one of the numerous objects that were thrown from the stands in that area.
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They both fell to the grass. However, the referee signaled the end of the first half and the players from both teams went to the changing rooms. The crash resumed normally and ended with the victory of Steven Gerrard’s team over Everton, without the Spanish Rafael Benítez, dismissed this week, on the bench.
Digne belonged to Everton until two weeks ago, when he was transferred to the Birmingham club in this winter market. He assisted the goal scored by Buendía that gave the three points to Gerrard’s team.