Dean under fire after remarks about Chelsea-Tottenham gameHe tells Soccer Saturday that officials ‘are your mates for the day’
Mike Dean believes the fallout from him describing the referee Anthony Taylor as a “mate” after he failed to correct a mistake in a Chelsea-Tottenham game has been “blown out of context”.
The former Premier League referee was on VAR duty at Stamford Bridge in August 2022 when Chelsea wanted the Spurs defender Cristian Romero sent off for pulling Marc Cucurella to the floor by his hair.
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