Red-card reunion: Milner sent off by his own former PE teacher


Soccer Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Crystal Palace - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - January 19, 2019 Liverpool's James Milner celebrates after Mohamed Salah (not pictured) scores their third goal REUTERS/Phil Noble

(Reuters) - Liverpool midfielder James Milner's sending off against Crystal Palace may well have rekindled schoolboy memories - it was his own former PE teacher who gave him his marching orders.

Referee John Moss, who showed Milner a second yellow card during Liverpool's 4-3 win over Palace on Saturday, taught the 33-year-old when he attended Westbrook Lane Primary School in Leeds, according to a picture doing the rounds on social media.

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