PHOTOS: Could there be an angrier footballer this season than Philippe Mexes who got sent off ready to kill on Saturday?

AC Milan defender Philippe Mexes was sent off on Saturday during his team's 3-1 defeat at Lazio after grabbing Lazio captain Stefano Mauri by the throat. 

The pair were separated but Frenchman Mexes went back for more, first trying to head-butt Mauri before grabbing him from behind.

French defender Mexes was sent off for grabbing Lazio captain Mauri by the throat

Mexes confronted Mauri immediately after the referee had sent him off

Mexes initially grabbed Mauri by the throat before grabbing him from behind

AC Milan's Riccardo Montolivo (left) struggles to pull Mexes away from Mauri

AC Milan's players tried to restrain Mexes but struggled to contain the angry defender

  

After being pulled away from Mauri, he then grabbed the throat of Lazio's Lorik Cana

"I have to apologise to the club, the coach and my family," Mexes said afterwards. "It was the wrong reaction and I am sorry because I left the team with 10 men and I will be suspended."

"Unfortunately I made a mistake. In my career I have had these reactions. These things should not happen out on a football pitch. I have children and this is not the sort of example that a father should set." ...BBCSport