German star Thomas Müller given straight red card for ugly karate kick<br />The football world was left in shock after a star collapsed and needed staples in his head following a devastating “claymore kick”.<br />Thomas Muller was sent-off for Bayern Munich tonight after a sickening karate kick to the head of Nicolas Tagliafico.<br /><br />The German forward was sent for an early bath with 15 minutes to play in Bayern Munich’s 3-3 thriller against Ajax — where both sides were reduced to ten men, The Sun reports.<br /><br />Muller caught Nicolas Tagliafico square in the face with his studs with the score level at 1-1 — with the Argentine requiring staples in his head to stem the bleeding.<br /><br />Ajax had already been reduced to ten men after Maximilian Wober was given his marching orders for serious foul play.<br /><br />But as the Dutch side — who’d already qualified for the last-16 along with Bayern — pushed for another goal to top the group, utter chaos was let loose.<br /><br />Kingsley Coman then gave the Bundesliga giants a 3-2 lead in the 90th minute before Tagliafico — fresh from being kicked in the face — found the net.<br /><br />The Argentine star scored in the fifth minute of added time — before being booked for unsportsmanlike conduct seconds later, while celebrating.<br /><br />Ajax finished up second in the group with 11 points to Bayern’s 13 — but both progress to the last-16 on the back of a thrilling encounter.
