Footballer punished for kissing opponent

A British footballer was slapped with a yellow card after planting a kiss on his opponent during a heated argument on field.

Bristol Rovers' Lee Mansell was promptly cautioned during his side's 3-2 win over Gateshead last Friday after going in for a cheeky kiss not once, but twice with Gateshead's JJ O'Donnell.Video of the unconventional peace-maker shows the pair chest-to-chest and exchanging words when Mansell swoops.Seconds pass before the gesture sinks in and O'Donnell finally recoils, but not before the unimpressed referee intervenes.Later speaking to BBC Radio, the midfielder said: "It's the first time I've been booked for kissing someone. I did it to diffuse the situation. We either clash heads and he goes down or I end up doing something silly.""It is only when I got in the car to go home and saw Twitter had lit up and my missus said: 'What the hell were you thinking?'"We had a laugh and a joke about it with the lads afterwards. It's another thing to add to the list of daft things I've done on the football pitch," he added.