David Meyler has been praised on twitter for refusing to let the trifling matter of a kick in the face stop him from playing on. His face collided with Laurent Koscielney's boot and as with most face-boot collisions, the owner of the face in question ended up worse off.
Here's the close up of the aftermath.
David Meyler took more of a beating than either Mayweather or Pacquiao did pic.twitter.com/Pxtm3uj9mT
— Jack Evans (@Jevski7) May 4, 2015
David Meyler nasty cleats to the eye. Could've been much worse. #HULARS #HCFC #HullCity pic.twitter.com/lazBoDjr3a
— Upper 90 Studios (@upper90studios) May 4, 2015
David Meyler. Dalam kondisi mata kaya gini masih terus main [via @MirrorFootball ] pic.twitter.com/gEvANQUa8B
— mysupersoccer (@my_supersoccer) May 4, 2015
I hope when people suggest all footballers are soft and throw themselves to the ground they see David Meyler's eye. That's a reit shiner
— Matthew Wallace (@M_J_Wallace) May 4, 2015
He was subsequently replaced by Steve Bruce at half-time. Hull went onto lose 3-1 to Arsenal.
