2. Steven Gerrard: England v Ukraine, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiLyF2Rcey0 After enraging Sir Alex Ferguson and his players last night, Cakir would similarly irk England manager Roy Hodgson in 2012 after he sent off Steven Gerrard for a second bookable offence during the Three Lion's draw with the Ukraine. Cakir also disallowed a Jermain Defoe goal in that game before reducing England to ten men at the death following Gerrard's late tackle on Denys Garmash shortly before full time. Steven Gerrard is extremely unlucky to be sent off,
remarked Hodgson at the time.
The two fouls he was adjudged to have committed werent worthy of cards. I thought all the yellow cards were very harsh. I dont think there were a lot of bad fouls, or fouls full stop. So Im going to say there were far too many cards for the fouls committed.
Cakir was already an infamous figure among England fans having previously dismissed John Terry during Chelseas Champions League semi-final against Barcelona, and Hodgson made a beeline for him at full time complaining about his decision to disallow Jermain Defoes first-half goal. Defoe was adjudged to have caught midfielder Andriy Yarmolenko in the throat prior to shooting, but replays later proved contact was minimal at most.