We’re not used to seeing him in such a state. Usually, the Algerian international Rayan Ait Nouri of Wolverhampton in the English Premier League is very calm and only talks on the ball.
But it only took one defeat in the Premier League for the rear left of the Greens is coming off its hinges. Images of his irritation at the end of his team Wolverhampton’s match against Ipswich, Saturday December 14, are making the rounds on social networks.
Shared by journalist Nathan Judah on X, the video of his gesture has been viewed more than 1.6 million times.
It is true that the defeat of Wolves (1-2) could have serious consequences at the end of the season. Before Saturday’s meeting, both teams were relegated, with nine points each on the clock.
It was therefore a six-point match that the two clubs played. Wolverhampton were counting on Ipswich’s reception to get their heads above water. But it didn’t happen.
The visitors opened the scoring in the first quarter of an hour and as the minutes passed, the nervousness spread to the Wolverhampton players, including Rayan Ait Nouri.
The black anger of Rayan Ait Nouri after a defeat in the Premier League
The Algerian logically received a yellow card before half-time. The hosts equalized in the 72nd minute and pushed for all remaining time to score the winning goal.
@skysportde Expulsion after the final whistle – Rayan Aït-Nouri can hardly be tamed! ???? ???????? The Algerian defender had to be held back by Craig Dawson after the final whistle and also received a second yellow card for his behavior… Wolves’ nerves are on edge ???? #Eklat #Football #PremierLeague #Wolves #AitNouri #Expulsion #Rudelformation ♬ Original sound – SkySportDE
However, the opposite happened. Ipswich added a second goal three minutes into normal time.
Ait Nouri did not digest such an outcome and tried to fight with the opposing players who were celebrating their victory.
The Algerian defender was very upset and it took the energetic intervention of his teammate Craig Dawson, who was on the bench, to surround him and force him to leave the field and return to the locker room. The referee obviously did not fail to show him the second yellow card, synonymous with red.
It’s a shame, because this is his very first expulsion of his career. A sanction which will cause him to miss his first match of the season, although he has played as a starter in all 16 Wolves matches in the Premier League since the start of the current financial year, scoring three goals.
With the Algerian team, Ait Nouri, 23, has played 16 matches since March 2023. As soon as he was called up by former coach Djamel Belmadi, he became an indisputable starter at left-back.
