Naby Keita tackle kicks off melee with Eintracht Frankfurt players in Bundesliga

If Liverpool have signed Naby Keita in the hope that he can add teeth to their midfield, they won’t be disappointed after monitoring his latest performance in the Bundesliga.

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Though Keita’s current club RB Leipzig lost 2-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Monday evening, he gave an influential showing. Not only did he display his creative talents by playing a major role in Leipzig’s goal, he also showed his rough-and-ready side by kicking off a brawl between the two teams.

Just before half-time of the game at Frankfurt’s Waldstadion, Keita put in an impish late tackle on Die Adler midfielder Makoto Hasebe which provoked a furious reaction from his opposite number. Soon enough, Keita, Hasebe and the referee were in the midst of a two-team melee, also featuring a raging Kevin-Prince Boateng (the former Spurs and Portsmouth man joined Frankfurt at the beginning of the season).

Injury concern

While Keita provoking his opponents is an inevitable result of his high-energy, quick-turnover game in the middle of the park, he didn’t emerge from the encounter with Frankfurt unscathed.

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Keita hobbled off around the 60-minute mark with a reported thigh problem, with Leipzig yet to announce how long he could be on the sidelines.