WORCESTER City defeated Stockport County to climb into the Conference North top 10 and we should not lose sight of that fact.

They comfortably despatched the former Football League side 2-0 with a goal in each half from Mike Symons and Sean Geddes.

But this is a match that will forever be remembered as the day Shabir Khan was sent off for body-slamming an opponent WWE-style into the Aggborough turf.

The 89th-minute incident, sparked by a horror challenge on the defender from County’s Charlie Russell, has already become something of a social media sensation and is steadily hoovering up the clicks.

It was a shocking moment of madness from Shabir, whose robust reaction will result in a three-game ban for violent conduct, and was followed by a mass brawl involving players from both teams.

Referee Anthony Coggins did little to defuse the situation by only showing a yellow card to Russell, who was immediately substituted by the visitors.

In mitigation, Shabir had already been caught late by Jack Ryan, for which the Stockport striker was shown his second yellow card in eight second-half minutes to take an early bath.

Shabir has also suffered a catalogue of career-threatening injuries and knew Russell’s hack had the potential to do serious harm.

Yet, Shabir has previous here, most notably for a reckless lunge on Newport County’s Kerry Morgan in 2010.

It is the unsavoury side to the usually mild-mannered defender, who has served the club for more than a decade and seldom puts in a poor performance.

On this occasion his actions overshadowed what was one of City’s most dominant displays of the season.

From the off, they ran at Stockport from all angles.

Tristian Dunkley and on-loan Micah Evans tied the County defenders in knots, even though the final ball was often lacking.

City should have been ahead long before Symons chested down Kyle Haynes’ ball forward to fire his sixth goal of the season seven minutes before the break.

It was a similar story in the second period with Geddes doubling their advantage in the 73rd minute, applying a tidy finish from Evans’ cross.

Apart from Richie Baker’s shot being spilled behind by Ryan Boot early on, County offered nothing as an attacking force.

The visitors could also have conceivably finished with eight men as, in addition to Russell’s challenge, Tunji Moses was booked in the second-half having already escaped caution in the first for catching Haynes with his studs.

In the end, it was a well-deserved victory for Worcester, but it’s Shabir who will grab the headlines.