'Kill you, too' - Weston McKennie opens up on exchange with Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure

Leeds United's Weston McKennie has opened up on his altercation with Everton's Abdoulaye Doucoure, which resulted in both players being booked during last month's meeting at Goodison Park.

Seamus Coleman crucially secured all three points for the Blues in the 64th minute of the game, in what was a tense affair up until this point. Indeed, tempers boiled over towards the end of the first half when Dwight McNeil fouled Tyler Adams, prompting a melee involving players from both sides.

Among those to get involved were midfielders Doucoure and McKennie, who each received yellow cards for their lack of discipline, meanwhile both clubs were charged by the FA due to their players failing to control themselves in an orderly fashion.

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Opening up on the incident that resulted in him being cautioned by referee Andy Madley, Juventus loanee McKennie told the Indirect Podcast: "Doucoure, me and him were going back and forth. When the fight broke out on the side I was shoving someone, for Tyler’s [Adams] sake, and he came over and wrapped his whole body around me and pulled me. I walked away and got the yellow card and I said to him ‘I don’t care if you do that, but do it when I look at you'.

The United States international continued: "He [Doucoure] goes like, ‘you know, when you get the ball next time, I’ll kill you’. And I said to him that, 'when you get the ball, I’ll kill you, too'. I was so happy because not long after that we had a 50/50 shoulder-to-shoulder and I bodied him off the ball.”

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