‘He should be arrested’ – Gabby Agbonlahor gives verdict on Man Utd star Casemiro and compares him to UFC and WWE icon

CASEMIRO should be arrested for strangling Will Hughes, claims Gabby Agbonlahor.

The pundit slammed the Manchester United star after he was sent off for violent conduct against Crystal Palace.

Casemiro was sent off for strangling Will HughesGetty

A melee sparked by Jeffrey Schlupp’s challenge on Anthony resulted in Casemiro raising his hands to Hughes.

Footage showed the Brazilian with his hands around the Palace player’s throat, leading ref Andre Marriner to send him off after reviewing the incident on the VAR monitor.

Agbonhalor likened Casemiro’s actions to that of a UFC star and called on United to discipline him.

He told talkSPORT: “Casemiro thought he was Brock Lesnar back in the UFC.

“The way he was strangling Will Hughes, he should be arrested for that. Kids are watching that later on, on Match of the Day. Seeing Casemiro strangling an opponent.

“This isn’t ice hockey in America where they have a scrap during the game. This is football, we don’t want to see that.

“So Casemiro needs to be disciplined by Manchester United.”

Erik ten Hag bemoaned a lack of consistency after the match as replays showed Eagles star Jordan Ayew committing a similar offence against Red Devils midfielder Fred.

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But Ayew went unpunished and was able to continue in the match.

After the game, Ten Hag hit out at Marriner for not giving out the same punishment to the attacker as he did with Casemiro.

He said: “The player from Crystal Palace takes a big risk by this foul – that he get badly injured – by pushing him over the line.

“Everyone is reacting, Crystal Palace players and Man United players, and not only Casemiro.

“There was one of the players, he did even worse than Casemiro.

“You have to be consistent.”