Fair enough. Would explain why he kept putting his hand to his nose. Doesn't excuse his behaviour though...
I'm not in the "burn him" camp, but a pro footballer should be able to deal with a ball in the face occasionally.
Baines seemed to think that AK was being a bit of a big girl’s blouse about it - presumably because he was constantly touching under his nose to see if he was bleeding (he wasn’t). Baines certainly said something to AK - I read it as words to the effect of “man up, ffs”.
Baines’s lack of...