Monaco star Ruben Aguilar is certain to have sealed himself an extra ban on the sidelines after furiously kicking the VAR monitor after being sent off this weekend.
The full-back was sent off in the 92nd minute of Monaco’s 1-0 defeat to AS Saint-Etienne. The defender was shown a straight red card for hacking down Denis Bouanga after he broke free.
Take a look at the sending off here.
Just as Aguilar was marching towards the tunnel, something snapped in the right-back and he furiously kicked the VAR monitor.
Take a look at the incident below:
To those of you that hate VAR, here’s Monaco right-back Ruben Aguilar booting the monitor after being sent off this weekend.
Be like Ruben Aguilar. pic.twitter.com/wySCcF2TIX
— Ball Street (@BallStreet) November 4, 2019
AS Monaco right-back Ruben Aguilar filmed kicking the VAR monitor after being sent off in last night’s match vs St Étienne. pic.twitter.com/84u2Z37z4t
— Get French Football News (@GFFN) November 4, 2019
Aguilar joined Monaco this summer from Montpellier, Get French Football News claim that the 26-year-old was signed for a free of €9m.
VAR has sparked controversy since being introduced to the Premier League at the start of the season.
With a whole host of decision seeming incorrect recently, we don’t think it will be too long before a top-flight star takes aim at the flawed system.