DTotD: Pazzini’s nose

Sampdoria striker Giampaolo Pazzini took a vicious elbow to the nose from Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera as he tried to punch the ball away during Sunday's match. Pazzini suffered a "fracture of the nasal bones" and will be out for a month.

Malicious or did Muslera's elbow jut out toward Pazzini's face in some kind of reactionary attempt to keep the flying striker from landing on him?