Ramos Stretches La Liga Red Card Record

Ramos Stretches La Liga Red Card Record

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Sergio Ramos stretched his record as the most sent off player in La Liga history after being shown a red card in Sunday’s clash against Girona.

The centre-back was shown two yellow cards as Madrid suffered a 2-1 defeat at Santiago Bernabeu , ending their eight-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

Ramos was penalised for a hand ball in the box in the second half, allowing Girona to draw level from the penalty spot through Christian Stuani.

The Spain international was then handed his marching orders in the final minute when he appeared to catch the visitors' defender Pedro Alcala as he attempted an overhead kick.

It is the 20th time in his career that the 32-year-old has been sent off in the Spanish top flight - the next highest is 18 - and the 14th in which he has been dismissed with a second caution, though one of those was retrospectively rescinded.

Overall, he has been given 146 bookings in his 454 La Liga games – a rate of about one in every three matches.