Date: 25th November 2013 at 11:00pm
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They say referees have a very tough job and they have to make decisions in split seconds compared to us fans who have the benefit of watching replays from multiple angles.

But on Saturday in the Merseyside Derby, the referee got it wrong when it came to Kevin Mirallas. The Everton player could easily have been sent of on three different occasions as highlighted by this image courtesy of @LFCMostar.


https://twitter.com/MostarLFC/status/404725537672675328

The first one on Luis Suarez was the most obvious with the player going in high on the strikers knee. Mirallas has now spoken out and said that he expected to see red.

“When I made the challenge, the first thing I thought was that it was going to be a red card,” the Belgian said, in comments reported by several British newspapers on Monday.

“I was genuinely going for the ball, but I know I caught him on the knee and I said sorry straight away.”

The second incident went unseen by the referee but you can see there is a hint of intent from Mirallas as he came down on Suarez again.

The third, an elbow on Jordan Henderson that drew blood. It may not have looked intentional but Mirallas certainly raised his elbow and it connected. I have seen reds being given for that before.

 

4 responses to “Evidence: Why Kevin Mirallas could have been sent off on three different occasions against Liverpool”

  1. Pablobrown says:

    Suarez tackle deserved a red,the other two didn’t.He jumped over Suarez and landed on him,it was a accident.Gerrard led with the elbow,so don’t complain when one of Everton’s players does it. Mirallas is 9st wet,if the Liverpool players can’t handle him,then they should take up chess,the bunch of fairies.

  2. Daniel says:

    Spot on balls. Off course we could handle him. Did you see suarez going off injured cause I didn’t. Gerard and mirallas should both have been sent off but mirallas has gone down in my book big time for the 3 offences he carried out. We’re still 2nd anyway unlike our neighbours 🙂

  3. Totally agree with this article.