BarcaBlade
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Sure enough, a few moments later when Egan went in for a header at a corner Laporte was rattled again and seemed to react to Egan, which Egan handled brilliantly. McBurnie was perhaps a little less measured as he leaned his head in to break it up.
I also assumed it was a case of doing a job - no sense in letting Laporte settle in after his lengthy injury; our ideal was that he would be worried every time a ball came in.
With the corner, it looked like McB had actually gone in with an arm to Laporte's head, but then it was Egan who ended up in a tangle of bodies on the floor with him. I think Laporte was angry at Egan in a case of mistaken identity and therefore Egan's reaction was one of true innocence...and of course Egan is a class act in any case.