Former Liverpool striker, Peter Crouch, has reacted to Mohammed Kudus’ sending off against Tottenham Hotspur over the weekend.
The Ghana international despite scoring the only goal in West Ham’s 4-1 defeat against Spurs was sent off with four minutes to end the game.
The 24-year-old initially kicked Van de Ven twice on the ground before confronting the Spurs defender with a slap to the face.
A mass brawl soon broke out, and Richarlison also ended up on the ground after Kudus was pushed into the Brazil striker by Spurs’ Pape Matar Sarr, to which the West Ham player retaliated by lashing out again.
Crouch ultimately felt Kudus “lost his head” in the incident, and praised Van de Ven’s reticence in the aftermath.
“[Kudus] completely lost his head,” the former Stoke City striker said on TNT.
“I think van de Ven did well not to react, because he stamped on him a couple of times before, tried to kick the ball at him, stood on him a couple of times, and then he gets a slap in the face.
“Richarlison goes down, somehow, it’s all kicking off. He had to go. It was a complete loss of his head,” he added.
Mohammed Kudus has so far made 10 appearances in all competitions with two goals to his credit.