Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte has shared the gruesome injury he received as a result of Stuart Armstrong's high tackle that went unpunished after consultation from VAR.
The incident came within the last 10 minutes with the match finely poised, moments after City's penalty shouts were turned down by the video assistant, when the Scotland international chasing down a loose ball dangled his leg out as the Spaniard intercepted.
After deliberation, no retrospective action was taken with the reason being a 'glancing blow, lack of intensity' according to Sky Sports' Dave Jones who was quoting VAR's reasoning.
Laporte earned the Blues a point after cancelling out Kyle Walker-Peters' first-half effort to extend their lead at the top of the table.
The 27-year-old was clearly still unhappy with the challenge, though, and took to Twitter to express his feelings on the incident.
"Well thanks for the souvenir lol, [laugh out loud]" he tweeted.
City were not at their best and Southampton could've had more rewards for their early pressure but the league leaders came out fighting in the second half.
Kevin de Bruyne's teasing delivery found Laporte, who was just one player in a queue of navy shirts, lurking at the back post, and nodded past Fraser Forster.
De Bruyne was on the end of a penalty shout as he went tumbling inside the box under the challenge of Oriol Romeu, which after further investigation from the officials in Stockley Park ruled there was no wrongdoing.
That was the case minutes later when Armstrong challenged the central defender just inside the City half but no further action was taken as the match finished in a 1-1 draw at St Mary's.
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