WATCH: Aston Villa's Leandro Bacuna Sent Off After Crazy Incident With Linesman

Today has been a fairly uneventful day in English football but there was a moment of madness in the game between Aston Villa and Derby.

At one point in the game, when the linesman gave the throw-in in Derby's favour at Villa Park, right-back Leandro Bacuna was incensed and raised his head to the match official and promptly got his marching orders.

Here is the incident in question:

Here is a better angle of the clash:

A moment of madness.

Admittedly, it wasn't a full-on headbutt that you are accustomed to seeing in your Sunday League game when big Dave and Razor go head-to-head but it was utterly stupid from Bacuna.

Even if he's not properly nutted the linesman, raising his head and getting in the official's face was not a smart decision by any stretch of the imagination.

Bacuna has a bit of a reputation as a loose cannon and today's antics won't do anything to change that.

Despite the dismissal in added time, Villa held on for their first victory in 2017, with James Chester's first-half strike proving to be the only goal of the game.

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