Lion City Sailors vs Tampines Rovers

2022 - 7 - 24

Football: Late winner in fiery clash helps SPL leaders Lion City ... (The Straits Times)

SINGAPORE - A dramatic injury-time winner by defender Pedro Henrique helped Singapore Premier League (SPL) leaders Lion City Sailors return to winning ways by ...

We managed to calm down and play the game but things kicked off at the end again... Obviously in sports, emotions can get a bit heated but still, it’s up to us to control it. He added that he wanted to “emphasise that I went to apologise and make up with them” at the end of the game. And while the Sailors were made to sweat and he had to summon Lestienne and Shin-wook off the bench to turn the tide, the last-gasp victory means they head into Friday’s clash with a healthy lead still intact. The madness at the end prompted the Football Association of Singapore to issue a statement saying it was aware of the incidents that occurred after the game, and would await the relevant reports from the match commissioner and review video footage in an internal investigation. In the final minutes of the game, with the score level at 1-1 and as a skirmish involving players from both teams was happening at the touchline near the bench, Sailors coach Kim Do-hoon appeared to headbutt Tampines assistant coach Mustafic Fahrudin.

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