5 terrible tackles that went unpunished

#4 Alan Shearer on Neil Lennon

One of the first things that you will hear people saying about Alan Shearer is that he was one of the most complete forwards of his generation and that they don’t make it like him anymore, as strikers these days are more specialised.

However, even the brightest one have dark spots – and none more for Shearer than this vicious stamp on then Leicester City midfielder, Neil Lennon, in 1998 which left the midfielder with a cut on his face. Had this been done anywhere apart from the pitch, Shearer might as well have been sentenced to prison for it.

However, since the referee failed to spot it, Shearer escaped without even a booking. What’s even more strange that the FA found him not guilty of doing it on purpose. Perhaps the then England captain didn’t really mean to do harm, but it was a cynical offence nonetheless.