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Ref Watch: Feghouli red wrong
- Updated: January 3, 2017
Referee Mike Dean’s decision to send off Sofiane Feghouli during West Ham’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester United was the incorrect decision.
That’s according to former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher, who told Premier League Daily that Feghouli’s tackle on Phil Jones was worthy of a yellow card rather than a red.
We asked Gallagher to analyse several of the controversial incidents on Monday, including Fernandinho’s latest dismissal for Manchester City.
MATCH: West Ham 0-2 Man Utd, Premier League
INCIDENT: Sofiane Feghouli sent off for a first-half challenge on Phil Jones
SCENARIO: Feghouli takes a heavy touch and collides with Man Utd defender Jones. Referee Mike Dean issues a red card to the West Ham attacker
DERMOT’S VERDICT: Incorrect decision
DERMOT SAYS: I think it is a yellow card. What happens is Feghouli overruns the ball and lunges in. He doesn’t go out of control as such, he goes in for the ball and collides with Jones as Jones comes in from the other side. It was not as if Jones was there to take the impact, Jones came into his line and I think all those factors lead to a yellow card. The unfortunate thing is Mike has seen the end of it and the reaction and I think a lot of that has played on his mind. In fairness to him, he took his time. You can’t say it’s a knee-jerk reaction but when he’s computed it all he’s come to the decision it’s a red card. I think he will look at that today and think he got it wrong.
What I will say is I think Mike has been very unfairly criticised as a person because in the nine and a half years I have been off the Premier League, I think Mike Dean has made fewer errors than any other referee. The reason why we are talking about this error so much is because Mike Dean doesn’t make many.
INCIDENT: Cheikhou Kouyate is penalised for a foul on Henrikh Mkhitaryan
SCENARIO: The West Ham midfielder concedes a free-kick for a tackle on Mkhitaryan. Referee Mike Dean does not issue a card.
DERMOT’S VERDICT: Could have been a yellow card
DERMOT …
