It was the very definition of 'taking one for the team.'
With Newcastle United's Rob Lee streaking away to score and almost certainly end Manchester United's Premier League title chances, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made a lung-busting run and a split-second decision.
Allow Lee to score past Raimond van der Gouw and see United's championship chances go up in smoke or take him out, swallow the red card but allow United to gain a potentially crucial point?
Solskjaer chose the second option, was dismissed by Uriah Rennie and walked off to a standing ovation from the Old Trafford crowd for his selflessness.