Revealed: Bailly and Richarlison exchange DMs

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Reds secured an excellent 2-0 victory in the Carabao Cup quarter-final tie on Merseyside thanks to late goals from Edinson Cavani and substitute Anthony Martial, teeing up a mouth-watering semi-final against Manchester City at Old Trafford in January. 

While United were deserving winners in the end, it was a competitive match against Carlo Ancelotti’s in-form Everton side and the Toffees were unlucky to lose Richarlison to a head injury.

The Brazilian was involved in an unfortunate incident after 56 minutes, when he initially collided with Bruno Fernandes and then Bailly, as the three players competed for possession. Richarlison was consequently substituted as the Everton medical staff took every precaution to protect the player’s welfare.

In a show of sportsmanship after the game, Bailly used his official Instagram account to send a message of goodwill to his opponent, writing:

“Sorry for this post I hope Richarlison is good.”

The Everton playmaker then responded via direct message (DM) to show there are no hard feelings towards the United defender, telling the Ivorian:

“No problem, you are a very good defender. Thanks for the message.”

Everton manager Ancelotti thankfully provided an update on Richarlison during his post-match interviews with the media, saying: “Richarlison is fine now. It is no problem. We are going to check in the next few days what is going on. Fortunately, he was ok afterwards.”

He added: “I think it was an unfortunate challenge. Dangerous, yes, but all of the players were at risk I think. Our doctor had total control of the situation, he decided to take him off and I was in total agreement with him. He had control of the situation and the welfare of the player.”