Mike Dean stretched clear of his refereeing colleagues in both the penalties-awarded and red-cards-given tables after his performance at St Mary's on Wednesday.
The referee from the Wirral awarded Tottenham a penalty and sent off Nathan Redmond in a game-changing moment as Spurs went on to win 4-1 and close the gap to Arsenal in fourth to one point.
Former World Cup referee and Sportsmail columnist Graham Poll wrote that Dean got the decision spot on and, whatever your opinion of him, you can't say he is afraid of pointing to the spot or dishing out a card (sometimes without even looking at the player in question).