There was a lot of controversy surrounding Mike Dean’s appointment to referee the Merseyside Derby last night, but bar his failure to send off Ross Barkley, we think he did a pretty good job on the whole.
He’s from the Wirral, so has never refereed a match between Liverpool and Everton before, but didn’t seem overawed by the occasion in what was a feisty affair at Goodison Park.
Two moments though have made us laugh, as they’re typical of the charismatic official!
First he pulled off the ‘No-look Yellow card’ on Barkley – although he really should have been giving the Everton man a ‘stare-down Red’!
Then, he dummied the ball during one of our attacks, which was befitting of any of our talented forwards!
Never change, Mike.
Pictures via PlanetFutbol, Twitter
Mike Dean was in incredible form last night. First a no-look booking and then an outrageous dummy. #EFC #LFC pic.twitter.com/KUM5egzcnR
— Planet Football (@planetfutebol) December 20, 2016