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Socceroos hero Mitchell Duke lifts the lid on what happened when Manchester United and Tunisia star slammed the ball into his face - and the bizarre order he was given by the referee

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Socceroos match-winner Mitchell Duke has opened up on the moment he was left seething after Manchester United start Hannibal Mejbri threw the ball into his face during Australia's World Cup win over Tunisia.

Duke went from ecstasy to agony following his stunning header, when Mejbri appeared to throw the ball directly at the Socceroos striker's head from the sideline.

It collected the 31-year-old on the nose, but the former Central Coast Mariners star, who now plays in Japan for Fagiano Okayama, said to be fair to his Tunisian opponent, it was a pretty large target.