Premier League officials are 'FURIOUS at Mike Dean's comments'

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Premier League officials are ‘FURIOUS at Mike Dean’s comments’ after the former referee admitted he previously didn’t step in on ‘major, stupid’ VAR decision

  • Mike Dean’s VAR revelation has caused reported uproar amongst officials
  • The former referee admitted he previously made an error while he was VAR
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Premier League officials are furious at former colleague Mike Dean after he revealed an insiders insight into VAR decisions, according to reports.

Dean, retired from officiating duties this summer after ending his 28-year run in English football to pursue opportunities in punditry where he joined Sky’s Soccer Saturday show.

Since finishing his on-field career, he has been busy with fulfilling media duties and recently revealed that he previously avoided sending Premier League referee Anthony Taylor to review a mistake in a game to prevent his ‘mate’ from getting extra ‘grief’.

The damning claim has infuriated officials in the English top-flight amid scrutiny from the public following a difficult few years for officiating, as reported by the Mirror.

The quoted incident relates to Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham at the start of last season that saw Cristian Romero pull Marc Cucurella’s hair before Harry Kane scored a 96th-minute equaliser.

Mike Dean has reportedly angered Premier League officials with his latest revelation

Dean admitted he made an error in Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Spurs last season that saw Cristian Romero (centre) tugged Marc Cucurella’s hair just moments before Spurs equalised late in stoppage time

Dean (pictured) opened up about trying to protect Anthony Taylor from abuse in the Chelsea-Spurs game last year

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Romero went unpunished for his actions and Dean revealed on Simon Jordan’s Up Front podcast that he should have intervened.

‘I missed the stupid hair pull at Chelsea versus Tottenham which was pathetic from my point of view,’ said the 55-year-old.

‘It’s one of them where if I had my time again, what would I do? I’d send Anthony [Taylor] to the screen. I think I knew if I did send him to the screen … he’s cautioned both managers, he’s had a hell of a game, it’s been such a tough game end to end.

‘I said to Anthony afterwards: “I just didn’t want to send you to the screen after what has gone on in the game.”

‘I didn’t want to send him up because he is a mate as well as a referee and I think I didn’t want to send him up because I didn’t want any more grief than he already had.

‘That was a major error. If they don’t score from the corner it is not as big an issue. But I knew full well then I would be stood down the week after. I asked to take a bit of time off because it wasn’t for me,’ he said. 

The revelation comes amidst a period that has seen managers, players and Premier League supporters question the integrity and decision-making of officials.

Anthony Taylor, above, was not sent to review the incident by VAR official Dean as he did not want Taylor to come in for more abuse

Dean told Simon Jordan about the rigorous fitness tests that referees have to do – and questioned whether officials of all ages should do the same one

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes recently slammed the officiating in his side’s defeat to Tottenham and demanded an apology after the game.

The PGMOL Later released a statement in response to Dean’s damning comments, stating: ‘VARs undergo extensive training with the focus centred entirely around effectively working with the on-field team of officials to rectify clear and obvious errors (relating to goals, penalties, red cards and mistaken identity).

‘When VARs identify a clear and obvious error by the on-field team of match officials, they should intervene and recommend a review by the referee. 

‘We strongly refute any suggestion that VARs do not intervene, for whatever reason, when they have identified a clear and obvious error.’

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